SOLUTION: Two angles are supplementary. One angle is 28 degrees less than 3 times the other angle. Find the angles.

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Question 26721: Two angles are supplementary. One angle is 28 degrees less than 3 times the other angle. Find the angles.
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) About Me  (Show Source):
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supplementary angles add to 180 dgrees.

let first angle = x
second angle is 3x-28

so, x + 3x-28 = 180
4x-28 = 180
4x = 208
x = 208/4
x = 52

and second angle is therefore 128.

jon