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Find the size of an angle which is five times its supplement ​

User Alessandro Rota
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Two supplementary angles when addd together equal 180.


let one angle = x

The second angle is 5 times that so would be 5x


x + 5x = 180

Simplify:

6x = 180

Divide both sides by 6:

X = 30

One angle is 30, the second angle would be 150


The answer is 150

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