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( "A supplement of an angle has a measure of 20 more than three times its complement.
\n" ); document.write( "Find the measure of the angle. (The original angle.)
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"180-x\", to be \"a supplement of an angle x\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The description is potentially not clear.
\n" ); document.write( "Maybe to mean this: \"180-x=20%2B3%2890-%28180-x%29%29\".\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solve and see what happens.
\n" ); document.write( "\"180-x=20%2B3%28x-90%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"180-x=20%2B3x-270\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"180-20%2B270=4x\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"4x=430\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=107.5%2Adegrees\"-----------maybe. In fact, this is not a complement of any angle!\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If that is not what you hoped for then maybe you could make the correct change to the problem description.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Maybe you meant for this: \"180-x=20%2B3%2890-x%29\".
\n" ); document.write( "\"180-x=20%2B270-3x\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"3x-x=20%2B270-180\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2x=110\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=55%2Adegrees\"-------------this would make more sense.
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