SOLUTION: Two angles are complementary. the measures of one angle is x-12 and the measure of a second angle is 3x. find each measure.

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Question 346230: Two angles are complementary. the measures of one angle is x-12 and the measure of a second angle is 3x. find each measure.
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
By defintion,

Substitute,


Solve for then go back and find out the measure of each angle.

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