SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation: If the measure of one of two supplementary angles is 20 degrees more than 7 times the measure of the other, what are the measures of the angles?

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Question 802412: Please help me solve this equation: If the measure of one of two supplementary angles is 20 degrees more than 7 times the measure of the other, what are the measures of the angles?
Found 4 solutions by CubeyThePenguin, MathTherapy, josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113)   (Show Source):
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supplementary: x and 90-x

x = 7(90-x) + 20
x = 630 - 7x + 20
8x = 650

x = 81.25 degrees, 90 - x = 8.75 degrees

Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source):
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Please help me solve this equation: If the measure of one of two supplementary angles is 20 degrees more than 7 times the measure of the other, what are the measures of the angles?

He/She is WRONG!
Supplementary angles DO NOT sum to 90^o.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source):
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measure of one of two supplementary angles is 20 degrees more than 7 times the measure of the other,
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x, the other angle measure
7x+20, the one of two angle measures

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Does this work?

20 degrees and 160 degrees

Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source):
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