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One of two supplementary angles is five times the other. find the angles. (recall that supplementary angles are angles whose sum is 180 degrees.) which equation can be used to solve for the smallest angle? 5x = 180 6x = 180 2x + 5 = 180

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It's 6x = 180 because angle one is 5x and angle two would just be x.
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Answer:
6x=180

Explanation:

Given : One of two supplementary angles is five times the other.

Let x be one of the angles ( in degrees) such that the other angles will be 5x.

We know that the supplementary angles are added up to 180 degrees.

Therefore, we have


x+5x=180\\\\\Rightarrow\ 6x=180

Hence, the equation can be used to solve for the smallest angle=
6x=180

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