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An angle is equal to five times its complement. Determine its measure.

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Let one angle be `x`.
Then the complement of it = `90-x`.
Given that an angle is equal to `5` times its complement.
`x = 5(90 - x)`
`x = 450 - 5x`
`6x = 450`
`x = 450/6`
`x = 75.`
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