SOLUTION: Find the measure of two angles if one angle is 9 more than 2 times its complement

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Question 1002675: Find the measure of two angles if one angle is 9 more than 2 times its complement
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call one angle x. Its complement is (90-x), so that
x = 9 + 2(90-x)
x = 9 + 180 - 2x
x = 189 - 2x
3x = 189
x = 63
90-x = 27