document.write( "Question 583727: The measure of an angle is fourteen times the measure of a complementary angle. What is the measure of each angle?
\n" ); document.write( "How do I even begin! I understand that a complementary angle equals 90', and that 14x90=1260...but I have to find two angle measurements....do i divide it in half? HELP! \n" ); document.write( "

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represent the measure of the complement of the angle. Then the angle being 14 times larger must measure

, and since the sum of an angle and its complement is

, we can write:\r
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and then calculate either

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "By the way, I set the problem up with

representing the complement for a particular reason. I could have made

represent the angle itself just as easily. Your assignment is to set up the problem that way and see if you can guess why I chose to do it the way I did.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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