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OKDiophantus wrote:Find the angle which is equal to four times its complement
Let X be the angle, therefore, 90-X is its complement
X= 4(90-X)
5X = 360
X=72
Check: complement of 72 degree angle is 18 degrees. Is 4*18 = 72 ? > yes
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