document.write( "Question 222864: what is the measure of an angle that is one fourth as large as its supplement \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #166770 by drj(1380)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! What is the measure of an angle that is one fourth as large as its supplement.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Step 1. Supplementary angles means two angles add up to 180 degrees.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Step 2. Let x be the angle.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Step 3. Let 180-x be the supplementary angle.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Step 4. Then \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Step 5. Solving the equation in Step 4 yields the following steps.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Multiply 4 to both sides to get rid of the denominator\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Add x to both sides of the equation\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Divide 5 to both sides of the equation\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Step 6. ANSWER: The angle is 36 degrees.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I hope the above steps were helpful.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "For FREE Step-By-Step videos in Introduction to Algebra, please visit http://www.FreedomUniversity.TV/courses/IntroAlgebra and for Trigonometry visit http://www.FreedomUniversity.TV/courses/Trigonometry.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Good luck in your studies!\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Respectfully, \n" ); document.write( "Dr J\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |