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by **mruning** on Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:50 pm

FIND THE MEASURE OF AN ANGLE WHOSE SUPPLEMENT IMEASURES 20 DEGREES LESS THAN 3 TIMES THE MEASURE OF ITS COMPLIMENT

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by **little_dragon** on Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:05 pm

mruning wrote:FIND THE MEASURE OF AN ANGLE WHOSE SUPPLEMENT IMEASURES 20 DEGREES LESS THAN 3 TIMES THE MEASURE OF ITS COMPLIMENT

if angle is x, wat is 'supplement'? (180-x)
if angle is x, wat is 'complement'? (90-x)
wat is '3X complement"?
wat is '20 less than'?
then do eqn & solve

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