SOLUTION: The measure of the supplement of an angle is 94 less than 5 times the compliment find the supplement

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Question 784599: The measure of the supplement of an angle is 94 less than 5 times the compliment find the supplement


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So what exactly is the "compliment" of an angle? Is that something nice the angle says to someone or something nice someone says to an angle? Maybe "Hey, you are a cute angle"? Yes, spelling counts. Always.

The angle:

The complement of the angle:

The supplement of the angle: or

Having two expressions for the same thing, we set them equal to each other.



Solve for , then calculate . Calculate to check your work.

John

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