document.write( "Question 648344: Please help me solve this equation: Two angles are supplementary. One angle is 212 less than three times the other. Find the measures of the angles. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Supplementary angles are pairs of angles that add up to \"180\" degrees.
\n" ); document.write( "let's angles be \"alpha\" and \"beta\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "given:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "One angle (let it be \"alpha\") is \"212\" \"less\" than \"three\" \"times\" the other(\"beta\").\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha=3beta-212\"..........1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha%2Bbeta=180\"....2...plug in \"alpha\" from equation 1 and sole for \"beta\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3beta-212%2Bbeta=180\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4beta=180%2B212\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4beta=392\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"beta=392%2F4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28beta=98%29\"...now find \"alpha\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha=3beta-212\"..........1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha=3%2A98-212\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha=294-212\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28alpha=82%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "check the sum:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha%2Bbeta=180\"....2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"82%2B98=180\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"180=180\"\r
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