SOLUTION: Two angles are supplementary. One angle is 28 degrees less than 3 times the other angle. Find the angles.
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Question 26721: Two angles are supplementary. One angle is 28 degrees less than 3 times the other angle. Find the angles.
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
supplementary angles add to 180 dgrees.
let first angle = x
second angle is 3x-28
so, x + 3x-28 = 180
4x-28 = 180
4x = 208
x = 208/4
x = 52
and second angle is therefore 128.
jon
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