SOLUTION: An angle measures 79.2° more than the measure of its complementary angle. What is the measure of each angle?

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Question 1184401: An angle measures 79.2° more than the measure of its complementary angle. What is the measure of each angle?

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Two angles are called complementary if their measures add to degrees.
so,
....eq.1
if angle measures ° more than the measure of its complementary angle , we have
....eq.2, substitute in eq.1
....eq.1


°
then

°


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