SOLUTION: 2 angles are supplementary. one angle is 36 more than the other one. find the 2 angles.
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Question 214469: 2 angles are supplementary. one angle is 36 more than the other one. find the 2 angles.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent one of the angles. The other is 
. The sum of the measures of two supplementary angles is 180°
Solve for to get the smaller angle, add 36 to get the other one.
You could also have done:
In which case would be the larger angle and subtracting 36 would give you the smaller one.
John
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