document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=210192>Question 210192</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618293663/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do i solve this its say angle a and angle b are complementary and i need to find angle a and b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "angle a=3x-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "angle b=11x-1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "angle a=3x-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "angle b=11x-1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Complementary angles total 90º, so you make another equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a+b = 90<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-7 + 11x-1 = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14x-8 = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14x = 82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 41/7 degrees </SPAN>\n" );
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