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Question 946934: Two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are in the ratio 4:5. Find the measure of measure of each of its angles.
What does ratio 4:5 mean? How do we set up the problem to solve for the angles?
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Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

So then,


Since it's a parallelogram,



Now solve for .
Then go back and solve for
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are in the ratio 4:5. Find the measure of measure of each of its angles.
What does ratio 4:5 mean? How do we set up the problem to solve for the angles?
A ratio of 4:5 signifies 4 + 5, or 9 parts

Adjacent angles of a parallelogram are congruent



Method 1:

Therefore, smaller angle is: , and larger angle is: , or 

OR

Method 2:

Equation: 4x + 5x = 180

Solve for x, the multiplicative factor

Multiply value of x by 4 to get smaller angle

Multiply value of x by 5, or subtract smaller angle from 180 to get larger angle

Both methods should provide same results. 

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