SOLUTION: Find two angles whose sum is a right angle such that one of the angles is 15 degrees more than one half the other.

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Question 286496: Find two angles whose sum is a right angle such that one of the angles is 15 degrees more than one half the other.
Answer by richwmiller(17219)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a+b=90
a=b/2+15
2a=b+30
a+a=b+30
a+a-b=30
a+b=90
add
3a=120
a=40
b=50

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