Problema Solution

the measure of the supplement of an angle is 60 degrees less than three times the measure of the complement of the angle. Find the measure of the complement.

Answer provided by our tutors

let the measure of the angle be 'x', then the measure of its complement is '90-x' and the measure of its supplement is '180-x'


"the measure of the supplement of an angle is 60 degrees less than three times the measure of the complement of the angle" gives the following equation:

(180-x)+60 = 3(90-x)

solving for 'x' we have:

x = 15


the measure of the angle is 15 degrees