Question:
Find the measure of each angle of a parallelogram, if one of its angles is 30° less than twice the smallest angle.
Solution:
Let ABCD be a parallelogram.
∴ ∠A = ∠C and ∠B = ∠D (Opposite angles)
Let ∠A be the smallest angle whose measure is xo.
∴ ∠B = (2x − 30)o
Now, ∠A + ∠B = 180o (Adjacent angles are supplementary)
⇒ x + 2x − 30o = 180o
⇒ 3x = 210o
⇒ x = 70o
∴ ∠B = 2 ⨯ 70o − 30o = 110o
Hence, ∠A = ∠C = 70o; ∠B = ∠D = 110o