SOLUTION: You can represent the measures of an angle and its complement as x° and (90 − x)°. Similarly, you can represent the measures of an angle and its supplement as x° and (180 −

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Question 1167573: You can represent the measures of an angle and its complement as x° and (90 − x)°. Similarly, you can represent the measures of an angle and its supplement as x° and (180 − x)°. Use these expressions to find the measures of the angles described.

The measure of an angle increased by 38° is equal to the measure of its complement.

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Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The info, related to supplementary angles, is excessive and unnecessary in this post.



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