Complement of an angle

Find the measure of an angle if its measure is 26° more than three times its complement. 

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x = the angle
90 - x = the complement  {complementary angles add up to 90°} 

x = 3(90 - x) + 26   {the angle is equal to 26 more than three times its complement}
x = 270 - 3x + 26   {used distributive property}
x = -3x + 296   {combined like terms}
4x = 296   {added 3x to each side}
x = 74   {divided each side by 4} 

The angle is 74°

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