SOLUTION: one angle is 50 degrees greater than 7 times its supplement. find the measure of the smaller of the 2 angles. the picture shows the angel at 180 degrees - x degrees

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Question 886696: one angle is 50 degrees greater than 7 times its supplement. find the measure of the smaller of the 2 angles. the picture shows the angel at 180 degrees - x degrees
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one angle is 50 degrees greater than 7 times its supplement. find the measure of the smaller of the 2 angles. the picture shows the angel at 180 degrees - x degrees
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let x=one of two angles
180-x=its supplement
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x=7(180-x)+50
x=1260-7x+50
8x=1310
x=163.75˚
180-x=16.25˚
smaller of the 2 angles=16.25˚