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document.write( "find the measures of a linear pair in which one angle is twelve less than twice the other </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "find the measures of a linear pair in which one angle is twelve less than twice the other<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + y = 180 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2y-12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"x\" and solve for \"y\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y-12 + y = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3y = 192<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 64 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2y-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 128-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 116 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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