SOLUTION: One half of the supplement of an angle is 60 degrees more than one sixth of the complement of the angle. Find the angle.

Question 666367: One half of the supplement of an angle is 60 degrees more than one sixth of the complement of the angle. Find the angle.
Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Supplement angles sum to 180
Complement angels sum to 90
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x = angle to be solved

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Isolate x

Multiply the entire equation by 12, the least common multiple of 6 and 2
to be rid of fractions.
2x - 6x = 720 + 180 - 1080
-4x = -180
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Divide both sides by -4

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