document.write( "Question 898079: I'm getting really confused about this problem; and I keep redoing it but it just doesn't seem to be right. Please Help! Please help me solve this equation:\" The measure of an angle is five times the measure of its complement. Find the original angle.\" Thank you in advance for your help! \n" ); document.write( "

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If the measures are $\"angle%7D%7D+and+%7B%7B%7Bcomplement\"$ , in degrees,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"angle%2Bcomplement=90\"$ <--> $\"complement=90-angle\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The problem says that $\"angle=5%2Acomplement\"$ , so
\n" ); document.write( " $\"angle=5%2A%2890-angle%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"angle=5%2A90-5%2Aangle%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"angle=450-5%2Aangle%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"angle%2B5%2Aangle=450%29\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "The original angle measures $\"highlight%2875%5Eo%29\"$ ,
\n" ); document.write( "and that is 5 times the measure of its complement,
\n" ); document.write( "which is $\"90%5Eo-75%5Eo=15%5Eo\"$ . \n" ); document.write( "

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