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document.write( "Recall that 2 angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90. Find the measures of two complementary angles if one angle is 4 times the other angle. What is the smaller angle?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y = 90 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"x\" and solve for \"y\"::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y + y = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5y = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 18 degrees (smaller angle)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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