SOLUTION: In a certain linear pair, one angle measures twice as much as the other. What is the measure of each angle?

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Question 1088474: In a certain linear pair, one angle measures twice as much as the other. What is the measure of each angle?
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let the linear pair of angles be & .
given: one angle is two times the other
so,

since the sum of linear pair is , we have




The required angles are and .



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