document.write( "Question 346898: Please help me solve this problem: the measure of a supplementary angle is 5 times that of the angle's complement. what is the measure of the complementary angle?
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the measure of a supplementary angle is 5 times that of the angle's complement.
\n" ); document.write( " what is the measure of the complementary angle?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let a = the angle
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "(180-a) = it's supplement
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "(90-a) = it's complement
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\n" ); document.write( "The equation for the statement:
\n" ); document.write( "\"the measure of a supplementary angle is 5 times that of the angle's complement.\"
\n" ); document.write( "180 - a = 5(90 - a)
\n" ); document.write( "180 - a = 450 - 5a
\n" ); document.write( "-a + 5a = 450 - 180
\n" ); document.write( "4a = 270
\n" ); document.write( "a = \"270%2F4\"
\n" ); document.write( "a = 67.5 degrees
\n" ); document.write( "but it says,\" what is the measure of the complementary angle? \"
\n" ); document.write( "90 - 67.5 = 22.5 degrees is the complementary angle \n" ); document.write( "
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