SOLUTION: Find the 2 supplementary angles if one angle is 24 degrees less than thrice the other

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Question 762845: Find the 2 supplementary angles if one angle is 24 degrees less than thrice the other
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Find the 2 supplementary angles if one angle is 24 degrees less than thrice the other
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Let x = one angle
then
3x-24 = second angle
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x + 3x-24 = 180
4x-24 = 180
4x = 204
x = 51 degrees (one angle)
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second angle:
3x-24 = 3(51)-24 = 153-24 = 129 degrees