document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=213315>Question 213315</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0030358280/algebrahomeworkh>Geometry</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the supplement of an angle is four more than twice its compliment<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the measure of the angle. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Remember:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "- If two angles are supplementary, the sum of the two angles is 180 degrees.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "- If two angles are complementary, the sum of the two angles is 90 degrees.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x= the measure of the angle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "90-x = complement<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180-x = supplement<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From:\"the supplement of an angle is four more than twice its compliment\" we get our equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180-x = 2(90-x) + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180-x = 180 - 2x + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x = -2x + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4 degrees </SPAN>\n" );
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