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\n" ); document.write( "Formally....
\n" ); document.write( "Let x be the measure of the angle
\n" ); document.write( "Then 180-x is the measure of its supplement
\n" ); document.write( "The angle measure is 68 degrees more than the measure of the supplement:
\n" ); document.write( "x = (180-x)+68
\n" ); document.write( "x = 248-x
\n" ); document.write( "2x = 248
\n" ); document.write( "x = 124
\n" ); document.write( "ANSWERS:
\n" ); document.write( "the angle: x = 124 degrees
\n" ); document.write( "the supplement: 180-x = 180-124 = 56 degrees
\n" ); document.write( "Informally....
\n" ); document.write( "The sum of the measures of an angle and its supplement is 180 degrees.
\n" ); document.write( "That means the measures of the two angles differ from 90 degrees by equal amounts.
\n" ); document.write( "Since in this problem the difference between the measurements of the two angles is 68 degrees, the measures of the two angles differ from 90 degrees by 68/2 = 34 degrees.
\n" ); document.write( "So the measures of the two angles are 90+34 = 124 degrees and 90-34 = 56 degrees.
\n" ); document.write( "ANSWERS: 124 degrees and 56 degrees
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