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Question 511171: two angles are supplementary if one angle has a measure twice the other angle what are the measure of the angle
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Let represent the measure of the smaller angle. Then represents the measure of the larger angle. Since the two angles are supplementary the sum of their measures is . Hence:



Solve for , then calculate .

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