SOLUTION: angles 1 & 2 are supplementary.angle 2 is 1/5 of angle 1.What are the degree measurements of each angle?

SOLUTION: angles 1 & 2 are supplementary.angle 2 is 1/5 of angle 1.What are the degree measurements of each angle?

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Question 1036127: angles 1 & 2 are supplementary.angle 2 is 1/5 of angle 1.What are the degree measurements of each angle?
Answer by Aldorozos(172) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When the angles are supplementary that means that if we add them their total is 180 degrees.
x + 5x = 180 therefore 6x is 180 and therefore x = 30 and the other angle is five times 30 which is 150.
If we add 150 and 30 we get 180
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