Glencoe Math: Course 2, Volume 2
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2. Complementary and Supplementary Angles
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Exercise 5 Page 547

What is the sum of the measures of two supplementary?

30

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We want to find the value of x.
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Because the angles in the diagram make up a straight line, we know that they are supplementary. This means that the sum of their measures should equal 180^(∘). We can solve for x by creating an equation using the expressions for the two smaller angles and their sum.
6x + 60 = 180
6x = 120
6x/6 = 180/6
x = 30