SOLUTION: My question has been stumping me for ever now. There are two supplementary angles. One angle is 4 degrees less than three times the other. What are the measures of the two angles.

Question 182734: My question has been stumping me for ever now. There are two supplementary angles. One angle is 4 degrees less than three times the other. What are the measures of the two angles. I am having trouble setting this up if you could at least help me set it up that would be great!
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Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
My question has been stumping me for ever now. There are two supplementary angles. One angle is 4 degrees less than three times the other. What are the measures of the two angles. I am having trouble setting this up if you could at least help me set it up that would be great!
:
lets call our angles a and b
:
a=3b-4..........eq 1
a+b=180.........eq 2
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The sum of the measures of two supplementary angles is 180 degrees. Let x be the measure of one of your angles, then the other one is 3x - 4. The sum of x and 3x - 4 must equal 180.

Solve for x to get one of your angles, subtract that value from 180 for the other one.

John

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