SOLUTION: What is the measurements of an angle that is nineteen times greater than its supplement

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Question 1167308: What is the measurements of an angle that is nineteen times greater than its supplement
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    19x + x = 180  degrees    (x is the measure of the supplementary angle)

    20x     = 180

      x     = 180/20 = 9  degrees (the supplementary angle)

    180 - 9 = 171         degrees (the angle).    ANSWER

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