SOLUTION: The measures of two angles in a supplementary triangle are in the ratio of 6:6. What is the measure of the larger angle?
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Question 881923: The measures of two angles in a supplementary triangle are in the ratio of 6:6. What is the measure of the larger angle?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The ratio 6:6 reduces to 1:1. So the angles are congruent to one another. The two angles add to 180 degrees since they are supplementary.
x+x = 180
2x = 180
x = 180/2
x = 90
Both angles are 90 degrees. There is no larger angle as they are both the same measure.
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