SOLUTION: What is the measure of an angle whose supplement is 3 times its complement

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Question 384045: What is the measure of an angle whose supplement is 3 times its complement
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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measure of angle = x
supplement = 180-x
complement = 90-x
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180-x = 3(90-x)
180-x = 270-3x
3x-x=270-180
2x=90
/2
x= 45 the measure of the angle
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