document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=778361>Question 778361</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the answer to: the supplement of an angle is 18 less than 4 times the compliment of the angle. Find the measure of the angle </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "complement of the angle = 90 - x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "supplement of the angle = 180 - x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "supplement of the angle is 18 less than 4 times the complement of the angle:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(180 - x) - 18 = (90 - x) ( 4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "162 - x = 360 - 4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine the like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "162 - 360 = -4x + x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-198 = - 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "66 = x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Proof:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "complement of the angle = 90 - 66 = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "supplement of the angle = 180 - 66 = 114\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "114 - 18 = (24)(4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96 = 96 </SPAN>\n" );
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