SOLUTION: The measure of the complement of an angle is 42 less than 3 times the measure of the angle. Find the measure of the complement of the angle.
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Question 397301: The measure of the complement of an angle is 42 less than 3 times the measure of the angle. Find the measure of the complement of the angle.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the measure of the angle. Then the measure of the complement of the angle is 
. The sum of the measure of an angle and the measure of the angle's complement is 
, hence:
Solve for , then multiply by 3 and subtract 42. Subtract the result from 90 to check your work. That result should be the value of
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