An angle is #50^0# less that its supplement. What is the measure of the angle and its supplement?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-28T03:44:55

#color(blue)("The two supplementary angles are " 50^@, 130^@#

Two angles are said to be supplementary, if their sum equals #180^@#

Let the angles be #hat A = 50^@, hatB#

#hat A + hat B = 180^@#

#hat B = 180 - hat A#

#hat B = 180 - 50 = 130^@#

#color(blue)("The two supplementary angles are " 50^@, 130^@#