document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=906144>Question 906144</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An angle is 20 degrees less than its complement.Find its measure </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y = complement\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x and y are complementary angles, so, x+y = 90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 90 - x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"An angle is 20 degrees less than its complement\" which means x = y - 20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = y - 20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = (90-x) - 20 ... plug in y = 90-x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 90-x-20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = -x+70\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+x = 70\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x = 70\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 70/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 35\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The angle is 35 degrees (the complement is 90-35 = 55 degrees) </SPAN>\n" );
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