SOLUTION: Find the measure of an angle whose measure is 18 degrees less than one-half of the measure of its complement.

Question 509865: Find the measure of an angle whose measure is 18 degrees less than one-half of the measure of its complement.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the measure of an angle whose measure is 18 degrees less than one-half of the measure of its complement.
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angle: x
complement: 90-x
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x = (1/2)(90-x)-18
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x = 45-(x/2)-18
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(3/2)x = 27
x = (2/3)(27)
x = 18
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Stan H.
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