SOLUTION: If angle 1 and angle 2 are supplementary angles and if the measure of angle 2 is 17 times the measure of angle 1, determine the measures of the two angles.

Question 445970: If angle 1 and angle 2 are supplementary angles and if the measure of angle 2 is 17 times the measure of angle 1, determine the measures of the two angles.

Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

recall: Supplementary Angles add up to 180�.

angle and angle are supplementary angles:..=> ..

if the measure of angle is 17 times the measure of angle :..=> ..
now, substitute in and find

....now find

so, your angles are: and

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