document.write( "Question 773708: Angle 1 and angle 2 form a linear pair.Find the measure of each if the measure of the obtuse is four times the measure of the acute angle. \n" ); document.write( "
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Angle 1 and angle 2 form a linear pair.Find the measure of each if the measure of the obtuse is four times the measure of the acute angle.
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\n" ); document.write( "x + y = 180 degrees
\n" ); document.write( "x = 4y
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\n" ); document.write( "Substitute and solve for \"y\":
\n" ); document.write( "4y+y = 180
\n" ); document.write( "5y = 180
\n" ); document.write( "y = 36 degrees
\n" ); document.write( "x = 4y = 4*36 = 144 degrees
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