SOLUTION: an angle is 40 degrees larger than its supplement.What are the measures of the two angles?

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Question 231619: an angle is 40 degrees larger than its supplement.What are the measures of the two angles?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let represent the measure of the angle. Then the measure of the supplement must be . The sum of an angle and its supplement is 180, so:



Just solve for

John