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document.write( "x = the angle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180 - x = its supplement {supplementary angles add up to 180°<BR>\n" );
document.write( "90 - x = its complement {complementary angles add up to 90°}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "180 - x - 2(90 - x) = 70 {difference between its supplement and 2 times its complement equals 70°}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180 - x - 180 + 2x = 70 {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 70 {combined like terms}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "70° is the angle<BR>\n" );
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