document.write( "Question 427697: Please help me figure: Twice the supplement of an angle, decreased by 54 degrees is the same as 5 times its complement. Find the angle.
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document.write( "Let (180-x) and (90-x) represent the supplement and complement of angle x respectively
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document.write( "Question states***
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document.write( " 2(180-x)-54 = 5(90-x)
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document.write( "Solving for x
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document.write( "    3x = 144
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document.write( "     x = 48 degrees
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer***
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document.write( "   2* 122 - 54 = 5 * 42 = 210 \n" );
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