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Two angles are supplementary. The measure of one angle is 48° less than 3 times the measure of the other. Find the measure of each angle.

Originally Posted by impressu2

Two angles are supplementary. The measure of one angle is 48° less than 3 times the measure of the other. Find the measure of each angle.

let x and 180 - x be the pair of supplementary angles

180 - x = 3x - 48