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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Geometry: two angles are supplementary. The measure of the larger angle is 40* more than three times the measure of the smaller angle. Find the measures of the two angles (supplementary angles are two angles whose sum is 180*) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #121525 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=121525\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let b be the bigger and s be the smaller.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=40+3s<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b+s=180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40+3s+s=180 Substitute for b.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40+4s=180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4s=140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s=35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=145<BR>\n" );
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