SOLUTION: If angle A and angle B are supplementary angles and angle A is 14 times as large as angle B find the measures of angle A and Angle B

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Question 972210: If angle A and angle B are supplementary angles and angle A is 14 times as large as angle B find the measures of angle A and Angle B
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angle A and angle B are supplementary angles.
angle A is 14 times as large as angle B.
Let angle A be x and let angle B be y.
then we have x+y=180
x=14y
14y+y=180
15y=180
y=12
x=168
Angle A is 168 degrees and angle B is 12 degrees.