SOLUTION: Find the measure of an angle whose supplement is three times its measure.

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Question 131342: Find the measure of an angle whose supplement is three times its measure.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the measure of an angle whose supplement is three times its measure.
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Let the angle be "x".
Its supplement is "180-x".
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EQUATION:
180-x = 3x
4x = 180
x = 45 degrees
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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