SOLUTION: To support a young tree, you attach wires from the trunk to the ground. The obtuse angle the wire makes with the ground is supplementary to the acute angle the wire makes, and its

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Question 68075This question is from textbook Geometry
: To support a young tree, you attach wires from the trunk to the ground. The obtuse angle the wire makes with the ground is supplementary to the acute angle the wire makes, and its three times as large. Find the measure of the angles. This question is from textbook Geometry

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well, supplementary means that the 2 angles will = 180 degrees
this equation applies to the problem
x + 3x = 180
4x = 180
x = 45
45 x 3 = 135
so, the obtuse angle is 135 degrees and the acute one is 45 degrees