Question
What does "its supplement is twice as large" mean?
Answers
Anonymous
if you have two angles, A and B, then since supplements add to 180, we have
A+B=180
if A's supplement is twice as large as A, then B=2A and we have
A+2A = 180
A = 60
A+B=180
if A's supplement is twice as large as A, then B=2A and we have
A+2A = 180
A = 60
Samantha
I do not understand...
Anonymous
where do you get stuck? Do you not know what it means to specify that two numbers add up to 180?
Do you knwo that "twice as large as A" means 2A?
do you not know that you can then substitute 2A for B in A+B?
do you not know that A+2A=3A?
if 3A=180, can you not deduce that A=60?
Do you knwo that "twice as large as A" means 2A?
do you not know that you can then substitute 2A for B in A+B?
do you not know that A+2A=3A?
if 3A=180, can you not deduce that A=60?