document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=200873>Question 200873</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Half the supplement of an angle is 12 degrees less than twice the complement of the angle. Find the measure of the angle. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the measure of the angle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the angle be x:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a equation for the statement:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"Half the supplement of an angle is 12 degrees less than twice the complement of the angle.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >(180-x) = 2(90-x) - 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply both sides by 2 to get rid of the fraction, results:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180 - x = 4(90-x) - 24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "180 - x = 360 - 4x - 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x + 4x = 360 - 24 - 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 156<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=156%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"156%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 52 degrees is the angle<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check solution in the original equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >(180-52) = 2(90-52) - 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >(128) = 2(38) - 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "64 = 76 - 12 </SPAN>\n" );
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