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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document.write( "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.)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let angle be A\r\n" );
document.write( "Supplement of the angle: 180 - A\r\n" );
document.write( "Complement of the angle: 90 - A\r\n" );
document.write( "We then get: 180 - A = 3(90 - A) + 20\r\n" );
document.write( "             180 - A = 270 - 3A + 20 \r\n" );
document.write( "            - A + 3A = 270 + 20 - 180\r\n" );
document.write( "                  2A = 110\r\n" );
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