SOLUTION: The measure of an angle is fourteen times the measure of a supplementary angle. What is the measure of each angle?

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Question 756792: The measure of an angle is fourteen times the measure of a supplementary angle. What is the measure of each angle?
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Supplementary Angles add up to 180 degrees.
x+%2B+y+=+180
The measure of an angle is fourteen times the measure of a supplementary angle.
x+=+14y
Substitute 14y for x
14y+%2B+y+=+180
15y+=+180
y+=+12
x+=+180-y+=+180-12+=+168