SOLUTION: Solve the problem. Two angles are supplementary, and one is 5 degrees more than six times the other. Find the larger angle.
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: Solve the problem. Two angles are supplementary, and one is 5 degrees more than six times the other. Find the larger angle.
This question is from textbook Introductory Algebra
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
supplementary angles mean the angles add up to 180..lets call the angles a and b
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a+b=180...eq 1
a=6b+5....eq 2
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plug in a's value from eq 1 into eq 2.
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(6b+5)+b=180------->add b terms and subtract 5 from each side.
:
7b=175
:
small angle
large angle
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