SOLUTION: Find the measure of an angle if its measure is 27 degrees less than two times its complement

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Question 695262: Find the measure of an angle if its measure is 27 degrees less than two times its complement
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the measure of an angle if its measure is 27 degrees less than two times its complement
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Let one of the angles be "x".
It's complement is 90-x.
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Equation:
x = 2(90-x) - 27
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x = 180 -2x -27
3x = 53
x = 17 2/3 degrees
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90-x = 90- 17 2/3 = 72 1/3 degrees
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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