document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=498300>Question 498300</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Twice the measure of the supplement of an angle is 39 degrees less than five times the complement of the angle. What is the measure of the angle? (Hint: Let 180 – x represent the supplement and 90 – x represent the complement.) How would I even begin writing this in a numeral sentence? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #337204 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=cleomenius><B>cleomenius(959)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=cleomenius><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=cleomenius><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=337204\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2(180 - x) + 39= 5(90 - x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "360 - 2x + 399 = 450 - 5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 51<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 17 the angle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "163 degrees = the supplement.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "73 degrees = the complement.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(163) = 326 + 39 = 365<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(73) = 365<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This does check.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cleomenius.\r<BR>\n" );
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