SOLUTION: Find the measure of an angle whose supplement measures fourteen times its measure.
I'm not sure this is the right answer... I divided 180 degress by 14 and I came up with 12.857
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I'm not sure this is the right answer... I divided 180 degress by 14 and I came up with 12.857
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Question 342383: Find the measure of an angle whose supplement measures fourteen times its measure.
I'm not sure this is the right answer... I divided 180 degress by 14 and I came up with 12.8571429 and I rounded it up to 13. I don't know what I am doing! Please help. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Find the measure of an angle whose supplement measures fourteen times its measure.
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Let the angle measure be "x".
Its supplement is "180-x".
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Equation:
supp = 14*angle
180-x = 14x
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180 = 15x
x = 12 degrees
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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