SOLUTION: an angle is 40 degrees greater in measure than its supplement, what is the measures of the angles?
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Question 354735: an angle is 40 degrees greater in measure than its supplement, what is the measures of the angles?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the measure of the angle. Then 
represents the measure of the supplement. The sum of the measures of two supplementary angles is 
, so:
Solve for , then calculate .
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