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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Supplementary Angles. Two supplementary angles are such that one is 8 degrees less than three times that other. Find the angles. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Supplementary angles are two angles whose measures sum to 180 degrees (or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \pi\"> radians if you would rather).  Since the other relationship between the angles is given in terms of degrees, we'll use 180.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the measure of the second angle be <i>x</i> degrees.  Then the measure of the first angle must be 3<i>x</i> - 8 degrees.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  x + (3x - 8) = 180\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <i>x</i> to give you the measure of one of the angles, then subtract that measure value from 180 to get the other.  Then multiply <i>x</i> by 3 and then subtract 8 to check your answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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