document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1133673>Question 1133673</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90°. Find two complementary angles such that one of the angles is 142° less than 3 times the other angle. (Round to two decimal places if necessary.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "_____ the smaller complementary angle?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "---- the larger complementary angle? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " Find two complementary angles such that one of the angles is 142° less than 3 times the other angle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A + B = 90<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = 3B - 142<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A - 3B = -142<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use elimination on the following two equations<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A + B = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A - 3B = -142<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-----------------Subtraction eliminates A, find B<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 + 4B = 232<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 232/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 58  degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "90 - 58 = 32 degrees\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "__32___ the smaller complementary angle? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "__58___ the larger complementary angle?  </SPAN>\n" );
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