SOLUTION: An angle is three fifths as much as its supplement. What is the angle?
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Question 499490: An angle is three fifths as much as its supplement. What is the angle?
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An angle is three fifths as much as its supplement. What is the angle?
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Let x = the angle
then
180-x = supplement of angle
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x = (3/5)(180-x)
5x = (3)(180-x)
5x = 540-3x
8x = 540
x = 67.5 degrees
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