SOLUTION: one angle of two supplementary angles is four times the other angle. find the measure of the two angles

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Question 191166: one angle of two supplementary angles is four times the other angle. find the measure of the two angles
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Let the smaller one be x, the the larger one is 4x.
As the sum of the two supplementary angles is 180 degrees, we have
x + 4x = 180
Solving for x, we have
5x = 180
x = 36
So the two angles are:
36 and 4x=4x36 = 144

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