SOLUTION: The measures of two supplementary angles have a ratio of 3:5. What is the measure of the smaller angle?

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Question 1114386: The measures of two supplementary angles have a ratio of 3:5. What is the measure of the smaller angle?
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Angles are 3n and 5n.




The angles are 67.5 and 112.5 degrees each.

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