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Question 158202: Two angles form a linear pair.The measure of one angle is 8 times the measure of the othe angle.find the measure of each angle. Can you please help me answer this?
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Two angles form a linear pair.The measure of one angle is 8 times the measure of the othe angle.find the measure of each angle. Can you please help me answer this?
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When they say "linear" this means that the two angles form a straight line (or, 180 degrees). That is, the sum of the two angles is 180.
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Let x = other angle
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8x = one angle
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x + 8x = 180
9x = 180
x = 20 degrees (one angle)
8x = 8(20) = 160 degrees (other angle)
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Conclusion: the two angles are 20 deg and 160 deg