document.write( "Question 176480: \"A certain angle is 30 degrees less than 4 times it's compliment. Find the angle's supplement.\"\r
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let a and b be our supplementary angles
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "b=4a-30..........eq 1
\n" ); document.write( "a+b=180..........eq 2
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\n" ); document.write( "rewrite eq 2 to b=180-a and plug it into eq 1
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\n" ); document.write( "180-a=4a-30
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\n" ); document.write( "5a=210
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