document.write( "Question 1203921: A supplement of an angle has a measure of 20 more than three times its complement. Find the measure of the angle. (The original angle.) \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is ambiguous, because it is unclear, who is \"its complement\": \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "        is it the complement to the \"an angle\", or to the \"supplement of an angle\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Comment from student : The complement is a complement to the an angle\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "My response : How do you know, which interpretation to use ?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Because it is YOU who composes these \"problems\" ?\r
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