SOLUTION: the complement of an angle is five times the measure of the angle itself. find the angle and its complement.
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Question 100348: the complement of an angle is five times the measure of the angle itself. find the angle and its complement.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the complement of an angle is five times the measure of the angle itself. find the angle and its complement.
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Let the angle be x; then its complement = "90-x".
EQUATION:
90-x = 5x
6x = 90
x = 15 (the angle)
90-x = 75 (the complement)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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