SOLUTION: If the supplement of an angle is three times the measure of the angle, what is the measure of the angle and its supplement? I dont get how to solve it because we had a sub. In clas

Question 708702: If the supplement of an angle is three times the measure of the angle, what is the measure of the angle and its supplement? I dont get how to solve it because we had a sub. In class and he had no idea what he was doing.
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Angles are called supplementary when their measures add to .
So, the measure of an angle is , the supplement of that angle measures .
In this case, --> (adding to both sides of the equal sign)
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