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Translate to a system of equations. Do not solve.Two angles are supplementary. One angle is 4 less than three times the other . Find the measures of the angles l.

Translate to a system of equations. Do not solve.Two angles are supplementary. One-example-1
User Benoit Bertholon
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Two angles are supplementary

That means they add to 180

x+y = 180

One angle is 4 less than three times the other

We know that is means equals and less than comes after

x = 3y-4

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