document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=177873>Question 177873</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the complement of an angle is 5degrees less than one-sixth of its supplement.  Find the measure of the angle. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the angle be \"x\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Its complement = \"90-x\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Its supplement = \"180-x\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "90-x = (1/6)(180-x)-5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "90-x = 30 - x/6 - 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "90 - x = 25 - x/6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "65 = (5/6)x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = (6/5)*65\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 6*13\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 78 Degrees (measure of the angle)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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