# Congruent Supp. and Comp.

• September 25th 2007, 06:21 PM
sk8ingkittty
Congruent Supp. and Comp.
HELP!!!

The measure of the supp. of an angle exceeds 3 times the measure of the comp. of the angle by 10. Find he measure of the comp.

• September 25th 2007, 06:55 PM
Jhevon
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Originally Posted by sk8ingkittty
HELP!!!

The measure of the supp. of an angle exceeds 3 times the measure of the comp. of the angle by 10. Find he measure of the comp.

supplementary angles are angles that add up to 180 degrees, complimentary angles are angles that add up to 90 degrees.

so, if the original angle is $x$ then it's supplementary angle is $(180 - x)$ and it's complimentary angle is $(90 - x)$.

we are told that the supp. angle is 10 more degrees than 3 times the comp. angle. thus we have:

$180 - x = 3(90 - x) + 10$

i think you can take it from here
• September 26th 2007, 03:40 PM
sk8ingkittty
Thank you very much for the help...
Maybe if I get stuck on another geometry problem, you could help me.