SOLUTION: Geometry: two angles are supplementary. The measure of the larger angle is 40* more than three times the measure of the smaller angle. Find the measures of the two angles (suppleme

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: Geometry: two angles are supplementary. The measure of the larger angle is 40* more than three times the measure of the smaller angle. Find the measures of the two angles (supplementary angles are two angles whose sum is 180*) This question is from textbook

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Let b be the bigger and s be the smaller.
b=40+3s
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b+s=180
40+3s+s=180 Substitute for b.
40+4s=180
4s=140
s=35
b=145
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Ed