document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=200679>Question 200679</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures 90 degrees. Themeasure of the first angle is 5 degrees less than 4 times the second angle. What is the measure of the first angle. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = second angle<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x-5 = first angle<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 4x-5 = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 4x = 95<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 18 degrees (second angle)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First angle:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-5 = 4(18)-5 = 72-5 = 67 degrees (first angle)<BR>\n" );
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