SOLUTION: The complement of an angle exceeds the angle by 26. Find the two angles.
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Question 1120965: The complement of an angle exceeds the angle by 26. Find the two angles.
Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
two angles are complementary if their sum is 90 degrees
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let x be one angle, then the other angle is x+26
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x +x+26 = 90
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2x = 64
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x = 32
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32 +26 = 58
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the angles are 32 and 58
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