Half the supplement of an angle is 27° less than twice the complement of the angle. Find the measure of the angle. The measure of the angle is $oxed{}$°. (Simplify your answer.)
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The complement of the angle is 90 degrees minus x, or 90 - x. Twice the complement of the angle is 2(90 - x), or 180 - 2x. And finally, two times less than twice the complement of the angle is 180 - 2x - 2, or 178 - 2x. Since the angle and its supplementary Show more…
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