SOLUTION: The measure of the supplement of an angle is 40 more than 2 times the complement of the angle. what is the measure of the angle?

SOLUTION: The measure of the supplement of an angle is 40 more than 2 times the complement of the angle. what is the measure of the angle?

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Question 382724: The measure of the supplement of an angle is 40 more than 2 times the complement of the angle. what is the measure of the angle?
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the supplement of the angle x be 180 - x, and the complement be 90 - x. We have
180 - x = 2(90 - x) + 40
180 - x = 220 - 2x --> x = 40
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