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The measure of one interior angle of a parallelogram is 5 times the measure

of another angle. What's the measurement of the larger interior angle?

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Answer:

Explanation:

The sum of these adjacent angles must sum to 180 degrees (also the sum of all angles must be 360)

a+5a=180

6a=180

a=30

The larger angle is 5a so the larger angle is

5(30)=150 degrees.

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