document.write( "Question 1045759: Given the following angles, Find the angle of the supplement and complement for each.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #661306 by funmath(2933) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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The trick to this is knowing that complementary angles add to be 90 degrees and supplementary angles add to be 180 degrees.
\n" ); document.write( "Let the angle be: X
\n" ); document.write( "It's complement is 4 times as large so it is: 4X
\n" ); document.write( "In words: angle + complement = 90
\n" ); document.write( "The equation to solve then is:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"X%2B4X=90\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5X=90\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5X%2F5=90%2F5\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"X=18\"$
\n" ); document.write( "That is the measure of the angle $\"highlight%2818%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "It's complement is 4X so 4(18) is $\"highlight%2872%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "For the supplement in words:
\n" ); document.write( "angle + its supplement = 180
\n" ); document.write( "We already used X, so let's let the supplement be: Y
\n" ); document.write( " $\"18%2BY=180\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"18%2BY-18=180-18\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"Y=162\"$
\n" ); document.write( "So the supplement is $\"highlight%28162%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "If you are in algebra 2, they may have wanted you to use two equations, two unknowns...but you should get the same result.
\n" ); document.write( "Happy Calculating! \n" ); document.write( "

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