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Question 488626: Please help me:
Two angles form a linear pair. the measure of one angle is four times the measure of the other angle. find the measure of each angle.


Thank you so very much.
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Linear pair angles are supplementary by definition. The sum of the measures of a pair of supplementary angles is . So if represents the measure of the smaller angle then must represent the measure of the larger angle. Then:



Solve for . Then calculate

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