SOLUTION: Set up a system to solve. Two angles are supplementary. Twice one angle is equal to the other angle minus 36. Find the two angles?

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Question 995118: Set up a system to solve. Two angles are supplementary. Twice one angle is equal to the other angle minus 36. Find the two angles?
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Set up a system to solve. Two angles are supplementary. Twice one angle is equal to the other angle minus 36. Find the two angles?
let x= one of the angles
180-x=other angle
2(180-x)=x-36
360-2x=x-36
3x=324
x=108
180-x=72
one of the angles=108
other angle=72