document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=463043>Question 463043</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The angles that are suuplementary differ 27 degrees.  find the smaller of the two. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Supplementary angles add up to 180°\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = one angle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180 - x = other angle\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "180 - x - x = 27 {the two angles differ by 27}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180 - 2x = 27 {combined like terms}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2x = -153 {subtracted 180 from both sides}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 76.5 {divided both sides by -2}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180 - x = 103.5 {substituted 76.5, in for x, into 180 - x}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the smaller angle is 76.5°<BR>\n" );
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