SOLUTION: please help me to solve this qs. If one angle of a parallelogram is four times greater than the other. Find the angles of the parallelogram.

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Question 1019860: please help me to solve this qs.
If one angle of a parallelogram is four times greater than the
other. Find the angles of the parallelogram.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

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Let x represent the smaller angle:    

Question States***

x + 4x + x + 4x = 360

10x = 360

x = 36

the angles of the parallelogram are: = 36° and 144°  4x

CHECKING our answer***

36 + 144 + 36 + 144 = 360