document.write( "Question 1152990: An angle measures 78.4° less than the measure of its supplementary angle. What is the measure of each angle?
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\n" ); document.write( "supplementary angles are two angles whose sum is \"180\"°\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let an angle be \"alpha\" and other angle \"beta\", then\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha%2Bbeta=180\"°.........eq.1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if angle \"alpha\" measures \"78.4\"° less than the measure of its supplementary angle \"beta\", we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha=beta-78.4\" .....eq.2..substitute in eq.1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"beta-78.4%2Bbeta=180\"°\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2beta=180%2B78.4\"°\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2beta=258.4\"°\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"beta=258.4%2F2\"°\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"beta=129.2\"°\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "go to eq.2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha=beta-78.4\"° .....eq.2, substitute \"beta\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha=129.2-78.4\"°\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"alpha=50.8\"°\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, your angle are: \"50.8\"° and \"129.2\"°\r
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