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document.write( "x = the angle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180 - x = supplement of the angle {supplementary angles add up t0 180}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "90 - x = complement of angle {complementary angles add up to 90}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "180 - x = 6(90 - x) {supplement is 6 times the complement}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180 - x = 540 - 6x {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x = 360 - 6x {subtracted 180 from both sides}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 360 {added 6x to both sides}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 72\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the angle is 72°<BR>\n" );
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