SOLUTION: One angle is five times the measure of its complement. How many degrees is the measure of the larger angle?
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Question 274208: One angle is five times the measure of its complement. How many degrees is the measure of the larger angle?
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The sum of the measures of an angle and its complement is 90 degrees. Let 
represent the measure of the angle. Then 
is the measure of the angle's complement. We are given that:
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Just solve for
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