document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=257432>Question 257432</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if a and b are complementary angles and a is 10 degrees greater than b, what size is angle b? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a + b = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = b + 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "By substitution we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b+ 10 + b = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2b + 10 = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2b = 80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 40. </SPAN>\n" );
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