SOLUTION: Can someone help me with this please. If the measure of an angle is 23 degrees 17' 18", what is the measure of its supplement?

Question 187738: Can someone help me with this please. If the measure of an angle is 23 degrees 17' 18", what is the measure of its supplement?
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Can someone help me with this please. If the measure of an angle is 23 degrees 17' 18", what is the measure of its supplement?
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Two angles are "supplementary" if the sum of the two angles equals 180.
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180 00' 00"
23 17' 18"
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Borrowing from the 180 and then subtracting we have:
179 59' 60"
23 17' 18"
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156 42' 42"
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That is,
156 degrees 42 minutes and 42 seconds
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