SOLUTION: If two angles are supplementary and one angle measures 83 degrees, what is the measure of the other angle

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Question 548980: If two angles are supplementary and one angle measures 83 degrees, what is the measure of the other angle
Answer by mathie123(224) About Me  (Show Source):
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Recall that supplementary angles must have a sum of 180 degrees.
Let x be the angle we are looking for :
Since x and 83 are supplementary, we know that:
x%2B83=180
x=180-83
x=97
Therefore the measure of the other angle is 97 degrees.