SOLUTION: Find the measures of two supplementary angles if the measure of one angle is 5 less than 4 times the measure of the other

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Question 319791: Find the measures of two supplementary angles if the measure of one angle is 5 less than 4 times the measure of the other
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let one angle be x deg
The other angle = 4x-5
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x+4x-5=180
5x-5=180
5x=185
x=37 deg
the other angle= 143 deg