SOLUTION: An angle measures 18.8° less than the measure of its supplementary angle. What is the measure of each angle?

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Question 1155177: An angle measures 18.8° less than the measure of its supplementary angle. What is the measure of each angle?
Answer by ikleyn(52818) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x be "the angle".


Then its supplementary angle measure is 180-x degrees,

so an equation to find x is


    (180-x) - x = 18.8.


written exactly as you read the problem.  From this equation,


    180 - 18.8 = 2x


    x = 161.2%2F2 = 80.6 degrees.    


ANSWER.  The angles are  80.6 degrees and  180-80.6 = 99.4 degree.

Solved.

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