document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=61401>Question 61401</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/093979862x/algebrahomeworkh>An Incremental Development</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If P is the measure of an angle, 180 - p is the measure of the supplemen of the angle. If the measure of an angle equals three times the measure of its supplement, what is the measure of the angle? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the supplement be: x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then the angle is: 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total when added: 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+3x=180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x/4=180/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The supplement is: x=45 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The angle is: 3x=3(45)=135 degrees.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sanity Check:  If you add these two angles together, do you get 180?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45+135=180?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180=180!!!  Looks Valid.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Happy Calculating!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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