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An angle measures 47.2° less than the measure of its supplementary angle. What is the measure of each angle? on ixl

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Answer:

The measure of one angle is
113.6^o, and the measure of the other one is
66.4^o

Explanation:

Recall that supplementary angles are those whose addition renders
180^o

We need to find the measure of two such angles whose difference is precisely
47.2^o.

Let's call such angles x and y, and consider that angle x is larger than angle y, so we can setup the following system of equations:


x+y=180^o\\x-y=47.2^o

We can now solve this by simply combining term by term both equations, thus cancelling the term in "y", and solving first for "x":


x+y=180^o\\x-y=47.2^o\\\\2x=180^o+47.2^o\\2x=227.2^o\\x=113.6^o

So, now we have the answer for one of the angles (x), and can use either equation from the system to find the measure of angle "y":


y=180^o-x\\y=180^o-113.6^o\\y=66.4^o

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