document.write( "Question 680514: Two angles are supplementary. The larger angle is 55° more than four times the measure of the smaller angle. Find the measure of the two angles. (Supplementary angles are two angles whose sum is 180°.)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x be the smaller angle.
\n" ); document.write( "x+(4x+55)=180
\n" ); document.write( "Combine like terms and subtract 55:
\n" ); document.write( "5x=125
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\n" ); document.write( "x=25 degrees
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