SOLUTION: Half the supplement of an angle is 12 degrees less than twice the complement of the angle. Find the measure of the larger angle.
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Question 342971: Half the supplement of an angle is 12 degrees less than twice the complement of the angle. Find the measure of the larger angle.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.
2.
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Multiply both sides by 2.
3.
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Subtract eq. 1 from eq. 2,
Substitute eq. 3,
degrees
Then,
degrees
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