Gary is trying to find the height of a mountain he knows he is standing about (see picture)
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ANSWER
The smaller angle is
.EXPLANATION
Let the angles be
where y is the smaller angle.
Since they are supplementary, they will add up to 180°.
This implies that,
If one angle is 4 times the other, we can then write the following equation,
We put equation (2) into equation (1) to get,
We divide through by 5 to obtain,
This implies that,
The smaller angle is
.EXPLANATION
Let the angles be
where y is the smaller angle.
Since they are supplementary, they will add up to 180°.
This implies that,
If one angle is 4 times the other, we can then write the following equation,
We put equation (2) into equation (1) to get,
We divide through by 5 to obtain,
This implies that,