SOLUTION: What is the angle that has supplement 5 times its complement?

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Question 222945: What is the angle that has supplement 5 times its complement?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is the angle that has supplement 5 times its complement?
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Let the angle be "x".
Complement = 90-x
Supplement = 180-x
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Equation:
supp = 5*comp
180-x = 5(90-x)
180-x = 450-5x
4x = 270
x = 67.5 degrees
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Stan H.