SOLUTION: Two angles are supplementary. The larger angle is 55� more than four times the measure of the smaller angle. Find the measure of the two angles. (Supplementary angles are two angle

Question 680514: Two angles are supplementary. The larger angle is 55� more than four times the measure of the smaller angle. Find the measure of the two angles. (Supplementary angles are two angles whose sum is 180�.)
� (smaller angle)?
� (larger angle)?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
Let x be the smaller angle.
x+(4x+55)=180
Combine like terms and subtract 55:
5x=125
Divide by 5:
x=25 degrees
Make sense?
RJ
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