SOLUTION: one angle is 8 times its supplement, increased by 10. Find the measure of the smaller of the two angles
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Question 541936: one angle is 8 times its supplement, increased by 10. Find the measure of the smaller of the two angles
Answer by neatmath(302) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Another geometry translation problem!
Let x be the small angle. Then it's supplement is
1450/9 would be the larger angle. This is approximately 161.1....
The smaller angle would be its supplement.
would be the exact answer. This is approximately 18.8....
So our answer makes sense because the sum of the two angles would be 180 degrees.
I hope this helps!
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