document.write( "Question 153390This question is from textbook McDougal Littell Geometry
\n" ); document.write( ": angle A and angle B are complementary. Find angle A and angle B.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "mangle A=5x+8
\n" ); document.write( "mangle B=x+4
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If two angles are complementary, their sum is 90 degrees.
\n" ); document.write( "So
\n" ); document.write( "\"A%2BB=90\"
\n" ); document.write( "Substituting A=5x+8 and B=x+4 into the equation above, we have
\n" ); document.write( "\"5x%2B8%2Bx%2B4=90\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"6x%2B12=90\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"6x=78\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=78%2F6\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=13\"
\n" ); document.write( "Substituting x = 13 into A=5x+8 and B=x+4, we have
\n" ); document.write( "\"A=5x%2B8=5%2A13%2B8=73\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"B=x%2B4=13%2B4=17\"
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