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Question 1157792: Can you please help me with this question? It is:
An angle measured 14 degrees more than the measure of its supplementary angle. What is the measure of each angle? Thank you! I have been trying questions like these but I just can’t seem to get them correct!
Answer by Shin123(626) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the lesser angle have a measure of x. Because supplementary angles sum up to 180%5Eo, we have the equation x%2B%28x%2B14%29=180. This can be solved as follows. . So the angles are highlight%2883%5Eo%29 and 83%5Eo%2B14%5Eo=highlight%2897%5Eo%29.