SOLUTION: Two angles are complementary if the sum of their angles is 90. Given two angles are complementary, one angle is 5 times as large as the other angle. Find the measure of each angle.

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Question 1095613: Two angles are complementary if the sum of their angles is 90. Given two angles are complementary, one angle is 5 times as large as the other angle. Find the measure of each angle.
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
smaller is x degrees
larger is 5x degrees
complementary angles add to 90 deg
6x=90
x=15 degrees smaller
5x=75 degrees larger

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