SOLUTION: Two angles are supplementary. The measure of one angle is 10 degrees more than three times the other. Find the measure of each angle.

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Question 410242: Two angles are supplementary. The measure of one angle is 10 degrees more than three times the other. Find the measure of each angle.
Answer by armstrkl(28)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the measure of one angle be x. Then the other angle is 3x+10. The sum of these two angles is equal to 180 degrees, therefore:




The first angle is 42.5 degrees, the second angle is 3(42.5)+10 degrees, or 137.5

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