SOLUTION: which angle is triple of it's supplement?

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Question 458401: which angle is triple of it's supplement?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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which angle is triple of it's supplement?
which angle is triple of it's supplement?
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Let the smaller angle be "x".
Then the larger is "3x".
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Equation:
x + 3x = 180
4x = 180
x = 45 degrees
3x = 135 degrees (this is the tripled angle)
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Cheers,
Stan H.