SOLUTION: the degree measure on an angle exceeds 3 times the degree measure of its complement by 32. find the degree measure of the angle.

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Question 123481: the degree measure on an angle exceeds 3 times the degree measure of its complement by 32. find the degree measure of the angle.
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Let x be the measure of the angle. The angle's complement is then 90 - x, since the sum of complementary angles is 90 degrees.

But we are told that

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