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document.write( "How do I find x? What I did was:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x + 2x + (x + 20) = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x + (x + 20) = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x + 140 = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 5 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I know that it's wrong because the answer is 20°. I just don't know what I am doing wrong.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "***********| x + 20°<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sorry about the weird looking text but that is what the angle looks like. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "5x + 2x + (x + 20) = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x + (x + 20) = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<font color=red>8x + 140 = 180</font><BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 5 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It should be 8x+20=180\r<BR>\n" );
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