Question
The supplement of an angle is 12 less than 4 times the complement of the angle. What is the measure of the angle?
Answers
Reiny
angle --- x
complement = 90-x
supplement = 180-x
180-x = 4(90-x) - 12
solve for x
complement = 90-x
supplement = 180-x
180-x = 4(90-x) - 12
solve for x