SOLUTION: One angle is five less than three times the size of Another angle. Together they have a sum of 143 digress what is the sizes of the each angle

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Question 1056459: One angle is five less than three times the size of Another angle. Together they have a sum of 143 digress what is the sizes of the each angle
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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angle ix x
other ix 3x-5
They add to 143 degrees
x+3x-5=143
4x=148
x=37 degrees
3x-5=106 degrees.