Problema Solution
La medida de uno de los ángulos de un par de ángulos suplementarios es el doble de la medida del otro menos 3 π/20. ¿Cuánto mide cada ángulo
Answer provided by our tutors
Let 'x' represent the measure of one angle, then '2x - 3 π/20' represents the measure of the second angle
since the angles are supplementary:
x + 2x - 3 π/20 = 180
solving for 'x' we have:
x = (π+1200)/20
one angle measures (π+1200)/20 degrees
the other angle measures (-π+2400)/20
expressed as decimals, we have approximately:
60.16 and 119.84 degrees