SOLUTION: How do you find the measure of angle A if A=2x+3 and B=3x+2 and they are supplementary angles?

Question 884777: How do you find the measure of angle A if A=2x+3 and B=3x+2 and they are supplementary angles?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
They are supplementary angles. So they add to 180 degrees.

A+B = 180

(2x+3)+(3x+2) = 180

2x+3+3x+2 = 180

5x+5 = 180

5x = 180-5

5x = 175

x = 175/5

x = 35

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Then use this to find angle A

A = 2x+3

A = 2*35+3

A = 73 degrees
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