SOLUTION: angle x and y are supplementary. if x is four times more than y, what is the value of each angle?

SOLUTION: angle x and y are supplementary. if x is four times more than y, what is the value of each angle?

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Question 487973: angle x and y are supplementary. if x is four times more than y, what is the value of each angle?
Answer by cleomenius(959) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = 4y
y + 4y = 180 degrees.
5y = 180 degrees.
y = 36 degrees.
y * 4 = x = 144 degrees.
144 + 36 = 180 degrees.
Cleomenius.
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