Question 691102: Two angles are supplementary. One is 60 more than three times the other. Find the measures of the angles. Answer by Stitch(470) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Once again, two angles are supplements when they add up to 180.
This time we will have two equations.
Equation 1:
Equation 2:
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Plug (60 + 3B) into equation 1 for A
Equation 1:
Combine like terms
Subtract 60 from both sides
Divide both sides by 4
Now plug 30 into equation 2 for B
Equation 2:
Simplify
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