Problema Solution

if angle A and angle B are supplementary and angle A is seventeen times as large as angle B, find the measure of angle A and angle B.

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let


a = the measure of angle A

b = the measure of angle B


angle A and angle B are supplementary


a + b = 180


angle A is seventeen times as large as angle B


a = 7b


by solving the system of equations


a + b = 180

a = 7b


we find


a = 157.5 degrees


b = 22.5 degrees


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the measure of angle A is 157.5 degrees.

the measure of angle B is 22.5 degrees.