document.write( "Question 487941: Two angles are complementary. If one angle is 5 degrees less than three times the other angle, what are the angles? \n" ); document.write( "
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Complementary Angles add up to \"90\"°.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let angles be \"alpha\" and \"beta\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "given:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "one angle,\"alpha\", is \"5\" degrees less than \"three\"\"+times\" the other angle,\"beta\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha%2Bbeta=90\"....1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha%2B5=3beta\"....2
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha%2Bbeta=90\"....1...solve for \"beta\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"beta=90-alpha\"....plug it in 2\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha%2B5=3%2890-alpha%29\"....2..solve for \"alpha\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha%2B5=270-3alpha%29\".\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha%2B3alpha=270-5%29\".\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4alpha=265%29\".\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha=265%2F4%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "now find \"beta\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"beta=90-66.25\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28beta=23.75%29\"\r
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