SOLUTION: The sum of the measure of two complementry angles is 90 degrees. If one angle measures 12 degrees more than twice the measure of the other, find the smaller angle?

SOLUTION: The sum of the measure of two complementry angles is 90 degrees. If one angle measures 12 degrees more than twice the measure of the other, find the smaller angle?

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Question 280372: The sum of the measure of two complementry angles is 90 degrees. If one angle measures 12 degrees more than twice the measure of the other, find the smaller angle?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
X+2X+12=90
3X=90-12
3X=78
X=78/3
X=26 DEGREES FOR THE SMALLER ANGLE.
PROOF:
26+2*26+12=90
26+52+12=90
90=90
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