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document.write( "The interior angle at \"c\" = 180-120 = 60 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let angle \"a\" be \"x\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then angle \"b\" is \"x+10\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + x+10 + 60 = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 110<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 55 degrees (measure of angle \"a\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 10 = 65 degrees (measure of angle \"b\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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