SOLUTION: If 2 angles are consecutive interior angles and the measure of one is 6x+31 and the other is 3x+23, find the measure of the first angle.

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Question 1048699: If 2 angles are consecutive interior angles and the measure of one is 6x+31 and the other is 3x+23, find the measure of the first angle.
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Consecutive interior angles are supplementary, meaning the sum of their measures is 180°. So:



Solve for , then calculate .

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it


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