SOLUTION: If one angle of a parallelogram is 40°what is the measure of the other angles?

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Question 882172: If one angle of a parallelogram is 40°what is the measure of the other angles?


Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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In a parallelogram, opposite angles are congruent (same measure), and adjacent angles are supplementary (measures add up to 180%5Eo ),
so if one angle measures 40%5Eo ,
another angle will also measure 40%5Eo ,
and the measure of each of the other two angles will be
180%5Eo-40%5Eo=140%5Eo .