document.write( "Question 675896: Two angles are complementary. The measure of one angle is 42° more than three times the measure of the other. Find the measure of each angle
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Algebra.Com's Answer #420104 by ReadingBoosters(3246)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! x = one angle \n" ); document.write( "y = other angle \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "x = 42 + 3y \n" ); document.write( "x+y = 90 \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "substitute x into the second equation \n" ); document.write( "42+3y + y = 90 \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "combine like terms \n" ); document.write( "42 + 4y = 90 \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "isolate y \n" ); document.write( "4y = 90 - 42 \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "4y = 48 \n" ); document.write( "divide both sides by 4 \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "x = 42 + 3y = 42 + 3(12) = 42 + 36 = \n" ); document.write( "..................... \n" ); document.write( "Delighted to help. \n" ); document.write( "-Reading Boosters \n" ); document.write( "Email: HomeworkHelpers@ReadingBoosters.com \n" ); document.write( "Wanting for others what we want for ourselves. \n" ); document.write( " |