SOLUTION: Supplementary angles are two angles whose measures have the sum of 180 degrees. Angles X and Y are supplementary, and the measure of angle X is 24 degrees greater than the measure

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Question 181369: Supplementary angles are two angles whose measures have the sum of 180 degrees. Angles X and Y are supplementary, and the measure of angle X is 24 degrees greater than the measure of angle Y. Find the measures of angles X and Y.
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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x=y+24
x+y=180
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y+24+y=180 Substitute y+24 for x.
2y=156
y=78 degrees
x=102 degrees
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Ed