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document.write( "The measure of the supplement of an angle exceeds 3 times the measure of the complement of the angle by 10.  Find the measure of the complment angle. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The measure of the supplement of an angle exceeds 3 times the measure of the complement of the angle by 10. Find the measure of the complment angle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let the angle = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "its supplement = 180-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "complement of the angle =90-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 times complement = 3(90-x)=270-3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 more =270-3x+10=280-3x..this is equal to supplement = 180-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-x=280-180=100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=100/2 = 50  </SPAN>\n" );
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