document.write( "Question 1126148: two angles are supplementary (their sum is 180 degrees). One angle is 28 degrees less than twice the other. Find the measure of each angle \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let \"the other angle\" be x;  then the \"one\" angle is  (2x-28)  degrees.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x + (2x-28) = 180\r\n" );
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document.write( "   3x = 180 + 28 = 208\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x =  =  degrees.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is the measure of the \"other\" angle.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the measure of the \"one\" angle is  2x - 28 =  degrees.\r\n" );
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