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Question 555879: Two angles are supplemetnary and congruent. How many degrees are there in each angle?
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Let the measure of either angle be , then the measure of the other angle must be as well because we are given that the two angles are congruent. Two angles are supplementary if and only if the sum of their degree measures is . So:



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