SOLUTION: find the angle if its supplement is three times of its complement?

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Question 478745: find the angle if its supplement is three times of its complement?

Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
angle = x
supplement = 180-x
complement = 90-x
180-x=3(90-x)
180-x=270-3x
-2x=-90
x=45 deg

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