SOLUTION: whatis thedegree measure of an angle whose supplementis three times as large as its complement?

Question 696607: whatis thedegree measure of an angle whose supplementis three times as large as its complement?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
whatis thedegree measure of an angle whose supplementis three times as large as its complement?
----
Let the size of the angle be "x".
Equation:
180-x = 3(90-x)
180-x = 270-3x
2x = 90
x = 45 degrees
--------------------
Cheers,
Stan H.
--------------------
RELATED QUESTIONS
Find the measure of an angle whose supplement is five times as large as its... (answered by cleomenius)

Find the measure of an angle that is twice as large as its complement. A supplement... (answered by BurningFlame_marc)

Algebra: find the measure of each angle. Angle A is three times as large as its... (answered by stanbon)

the measure of the supplement of an angle is 6 times as large as the measure of its... (answered by lwsshak3)

The supplement of an angle is three times as large as the complement of the same angle.... (answered by ewatrrr)

The complement of an angle is 9 times as large as an angle. Find the measure of the... (answered by richwmiller)

find measure of an angle that is half as large as its complement (answered by Earlsdon)

find the measure of an angle that is half as large as its... (answered by rfer)

what is the measure of an angle that is half as large as its... (answered by MathLover1)