SOLUTION: one angle is 30 degrees more than twice the size of another angle. If the angles are complementary, how many degrees are in each angle?

SOLUTION: one angle is 30 degrees more than twice the size of another angle. If the angles are complementary, how many degrees are in each angle?

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Question 254266: one angle is 30 degrees more than twice the size of another angle.
If the angles are complementary, how many degrees are in each angle?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
X+30+2X=90
3X=90-30
3X=60
X=60/3
X=20 DEGREES FOR THE SMALLER ANGLE.
90-20=70 DEGREES FOR THE LARGER ANGLE.
PROOF:
20+30+2*20=90
20+30+40=90
90=90
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