The measure of an angle's supplement is 44 degrees less than the measure of the angle. What are the measures of the angle and its supplement?
1 Answer
Apr 18, 2018
The angle is 112 degrees and the supplement is 68 degrees.
Explanation:
Let the angle’s measure be represented by
Since supplementary angles add to 180 degrees,
Since the supplement is 44 degrees less than the angle,
We can substitute
Substitute 68 for y in one of the original equations and solve.