SOLUTION: One vertical angle is a number plus 12. The other is 40 less than 3x the same number. What is the number??
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Question 211838: One vertical angle is a number plus 12. The other is 40 less than 3x the same number. What is the number??
Answer by RAY100(1637) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Vertical angles are equal
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(n+12) = 3n-40
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52 = 2n
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26 =n
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One angle = (n+12) = 38
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Other angle = 3*26 - 40 = 78-40 = 38,,,,,ok
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