document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=158987>Question 158987</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The larger of two supplementary angles exceeds seven times the smaller by four degrees. FInd the measure of the larger angle </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem expects that you know the definition of \"supplementary\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If two angles are supplementary, the sum of their angles equal 180. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = larger angle<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "180-x = supplement of larger angle<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From:\"The larger of two supplementary angles exceeds seven times the smaller by four degrees.\" we get our equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 7(180-x) + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1260 - 7x + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1264 - 7x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x = 1264<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 158 degrees\r<BR>\n" );
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