SOLUTION: Angle A and angle B are supplementary angles and angle A is 35° less than four times angle B. Find the measures of angle A and angle B.

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Question 1142841: Angle A and angle B are supplementary angles and angle A is 35° less than four times angle B. Find the measures of angle A and angle B.
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Let x be the measure of angle B; then the measure of angle A is 35 degrees less than 4 times x: 4x-35.

Write and solve the equation that says the sum of the two angles is 180 degrees.