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The measure of one angle is 38 degrees less than the measure of its supplement. what is the measure of each angle?

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Supplementary angles add up to degrees.
let us consider the angle as degrees, than its supplementary angle will be degrees
if the measure of one angle is degrees less than the measure of its supplement, we have that
........solve for



degrees-> your angle
and its supplementary angle degrees

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