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Question 1188611: two angles are complementary. the larger angle exceeds three times the smaller by 38°. what is the measure of each angle?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two angles are called complementary when their measures add to °.
let the larger angle be and the smaller angle
..........eq.1
if the larger angle exceeds times the smaller by °, we have
.........eq.2
substitute in eq.1
..........eq.1, solve for
°
go to
.........eq.2, substitute
°
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