SOLUTION: 2 angles are supplementary. one angle is 36 more than the other one. find the 2 angles.

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Question 214469: 2 angles are supplementary. one angle is 36 more than the other one. find the 2 angles.
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let represent one of the angles. The other is . The sum of the measures of two supplementary angles is 180°



Solve for to get the smaller angle, add 36 to get the other one.

You could also have done:



In which case would be the larger angle and subtracting 36 would give you the smaller one.

John