document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=187795>Question 187795</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help mark solve the following homework problem in geometry: two angles are complementary and one angle is 36 degrees more than twice the other.Find the measure of each angle. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of two complementary angles equals 90 degrees.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = measure of one of two complementary angles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+36 = measure of second angle<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 2x+36 = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+36 = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 54<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 18 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "second angle:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+36 = 2(18)+36 = 36+36 = 72 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The two angles are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18 degrees and 72 degrees<BR>\n" );
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