SOLUTION: Find the angle which is five times as large as its complement.

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Question 303149: Find the angle which is five times as large as its complement.
Answer by CharlesG2(834)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the angle which is five times as large as its complement.
let A be the complimentary angle
5A is the angle we are finding
A + 5A = 90
6A = 90
A = 15 degrees --> the complementary angle
5A = 75 degrees --> the angle we are finding
15 + 75 = 90

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