SOLUTION: Two angles are supplementary. One angle is 15 degrees less than 2 times the other angle. Find the measure of each angle. (Hint: The sum of the measures of supplementary angles is 1
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Question 921583: Two angles are supplementary. One angle is 15 degrees less than 2 times the other angle. Find the measure of each angle. (Hint: The sum of the measures of supplementary angles is 180 degrees.)
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
given:
Two angles are supplementary.
.........eq.1
One angle is degrees less than times the other angle:
..........eq.2
solve the system:
.........eq.1
..........eq.2
________________________________________
.........eq.1...solve for
........substitute in eq.2
..........eq.2..........solve for
now find
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