document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=155134>Question 155134</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780078778544/algebrahomeworkh>california geometry</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> lines p and q intersect to form adjacent angles 1 and 2. if measurement of angle 1 = 3x+18 and mearsurement of angle 2 = -8y-70, find the values of x and y so that p is perpendicular to q. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "So<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 18 = 90 .................(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8y - 70 = 90 ................(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solving equation (1) for x, we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solving equation (2) for y, we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8y = 160<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -20<BR>\n" );
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