SOLUTION: Please,please, help me I am having a horrible time with this class. angle PQR, and angle ABC are supplementary, and angle PQR is three times as large as angle ABC. Determine th

Question 478947: Please,please, help me I am having a horrible time with this class.
angle PQR, and angle ABC are supplementary, and angle PQR is three times as large as angle ABC. Determine the measure of each angle, show work step by step.
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, Earlsdon:
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

angle , and angle are , ...Supplementary angles are pairs of angles that add up to
so, .........1

and angle is three times as large as angle :
....2...substitute in 1

Determine the measure of each angle:
....2...substitute in 1
.........1

....now find
....2

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two angles are supplementary when their sum is 180 degrees, so...
1)
The problem states that:
2) Substitute this into equation 1) for angle .
1a) Simplify.
1b) Divide both sides by 4.
1c) degrees and...

degrees.

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