SOLUTION: given that twice the complement is three-fifths the supplement find the measure of the angle

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Question 206159: given that twice the complement is three-fifths the supplement find the measure of the angle
Answer by Marth(57) About Me  (Show Source):
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let x = the angle
The complement by definition is 90-x
The supplement by definition is 180-x

"twice the complement is three-fifths the supplement"
2%2890-x%29=%283%2F5%29%28180-x%29
180-2x=96-%283%2F5%29x
84=%287%2F5%29x
60=x