document.write( "Question 1187224: The sum of the measures of two angles is 180 degrees two times the measure of an angle is 21 less than the measure of the angle what is the measure of the smaller angle \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "I don't know how the other tutors came up with answers to the problem; the problem as stated is nonsense.

\n" ); document.write( "\"...two times the measure of an angle is 21 less than the measure of the angle...\"

\n" ); document.write( "Translation: 2x = x-21 --> x = -21

\n" ); document.write( "The measure of an angle (in geometry) can't be negative....

\n" ); document.write( "Re-post, stating the conditions correctly.

\n" ); document.write( "Note you might find it easier to post the problem correctly if you use some punctuation and sentence structure -- you know, things like periods at ends of sentences and capital letters at the beginning of new sentences.

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