SOLUTION: The measure of an angle is 44 degrees more than the measure of its supplement. Find the measure of the supplement.

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Question 573969: The measure of an angle is 44 degrees more than the measure of its supplement. Find the measure of the supplement.
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Let represent the measure of the supplement. Then the measure of the angle itself must be .

44 more than the supplement is the angle, so:



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