document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=843654>Question 843654</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two angles are supplementary if their sum is 180 degrees. the larger angle measures six degrees more then five times the measure of the smaller angle. if x represents the measure of the smaller angle and these two angles are supplementary, find the measure of each angle. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #508295 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=1335><B>1335(25)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=1335><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=1335><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=508295\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You know that y=6+(5x) and that x+y=180.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plug the first equation into the second for y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+6+5x=180.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Next combine like terms: 6x+6=180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 6 from both sides: 6x=174<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide by 6 on both sides: x=29°<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plug x into the original equation: 29+y=180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 29 from both sides: y=151° </SPAN>\n" );
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