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  • 23-08-2017
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The measure of a supplementary angle is 40 more than 2 times the measure of a complement of the angle. find the measure of the angle.

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  • 27-08-2017
Two angles are complementary when they add up to 90 degrees 
Two angles are supplementary when they add up to 180 degrees 

angle = x 
supplementary angle = (180-x)  
complementary angle  = (90-x)

180 - x - 40 = 2(90-x)
140 - x = 180 - 2x
-x + 2x = 180 - 140
x = 40°
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