document.write( "Question 1191304: Use the drawing in which
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document.write( "Angle 2 (DOA) and angle 3 (AOB) are supplementary angles:  they sum up to 180°.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we write this equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x + 40 = 3x  degrees.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify this equation and find x\r\n" );
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document.write( "        40 = 3x - x\r\n" );
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document.write( "        40 =   2x\r\n" );
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document.write( "         x =   40/2 = 20 degrees.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus we just found  x= 20 degrees.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence,  m (∠2) = x + 40 = 20 + 40 = 60 degrees.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  x= 20° ;  m (∠2) = 60°.\r\n" );
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