SOLUTION: If the measure of one angle of a linear pair is five times that of the other, then the measure of the larger angle is???

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Question 314596: If the measure of one angle of a linear pair is five times that of the other, then the measure of the larger angle is???
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A linear pair of angles are supplementary by definition of linear pair. Therefore the sum of their measures is by definition of supplementary.

Let represent the measure of the larger of the linear pair. Then represents the measure of the smaller of the linear pair.

As stated, the sum is



So solve for

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