The measure of a supplement of an angle is 12° greater than three times the measure of a complement. How do you find the measure of the angle?

Kirsten Bishop

Kirsten Bishop

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2022-11-25

The measure of a supplement of an angle is 12° greater than three times the measure of a complement. How do you find the measure of the angle?

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Beginner2022-11-26Added 14 answers

Let a be the angle then 180-a is the supplement and 90-a is the complement .Hence we have that
180 - a = 12 + 3 ( 90 - a ) 180 - a = 12 + 270 - 3 a 2 a = 102 a = 51
The angle is 51 o

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