document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=349161>Question 349161</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two complementary angles such that the measure of the first angle is 25 degree less than the measure of the second<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "*Note: the sum of complementary angles is 90 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x be the second angle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x -25) would be the first angle<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x  +( x - 25) = 90<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify and solve for x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x - 25 = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 115<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 57 1/2 degrees   ( x -25) = 32 1/2 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "57 1/2degrees  +  32 1/2degrees  = 90degrees </SPAN>\n" );
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