SOLUTION: the measure of one angle is three times the measure of its complement. find the measure of each angle
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Question 333195: the measure of one angle is three times the measure of its complement. find the measure of each angle
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Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
90/4=22.5 degrees
3*22.5=67.5 degrees
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the measure of the original angle. The sum of the measure of an angle and the measure of its complement is 
. Therefore, the measure of complement of the angle in question here is 
. Hence, solve:
)
for to get the original angle. Subtract from 90 to get the complement.
John
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