SOLUTION: Find a pair of complementary angles such that one angle is one quarter the size of the other.

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Question 1061767: Find a pair of complementary angles such that one angle is one quarter the size of the other.




Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
complementary angles are those whose sum = 90 degrees:
x+1/4x = 90
1.25x = 90
x = 72 this is the big angle, and the other is 72*1/4 = 18

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