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Algebra.Com's Answer #361403 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! One angle of a parallelogram is 16º less than three times the measure of the angle next to it. The sums of the measures of the angles is 180º. Find the measures of the adjacent measures of the parallelogram. \n" ); document.write( "One angle is \"x\" \n" ); document.write( "Adjacent angle is \"3x-16\" \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "x + 3x-16 = 180 \n" ); document.write( "4x = 196 \n" ); document.write( "x = 49 degrees \n" ); document.write( "3x-16 = 3*49-16 = 141 degrees \n" ); document.write( "===================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The smaller angle measures _____, and the larger angle measures ____. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |