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12345678910 The measures of two consecutive angles of a parallelogram are in the ratio 6:3. What is the measure of an acute angle of the parallelogram?

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60


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60°

Consecutive angles in a parallelogram are supplementary.

The smallest angle is x and the largest angle is 180 − x.

largest angle/smallest angle = 6/3 (as a fraction) = 180 − x/x

6x = 540 − 3x

9x = 540

x = 60

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