document.write( "Question 560489: An angel is 15 degrees less than four times its complement. find the complement. I am stuck at this problem. \n" ); document.write( "

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represent the measure of the desired angle in degrees. Then the measure of the complement of

. Four times the complement is

and 15 degrees less than that is

. And since we know that 15 degrees less than four times the complement IS the angle:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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