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document.write( "Let x and (90°-x) represent the angle and its complement respectively
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document.write( "(90°-x) = 2x + 12°
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document.write( "78 = 3x
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document.write( " 26° = x, the angle.  Its complement is 64°     (90° -26°)\r
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document.write( "  64° = 52° + 12°\r
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