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Question 357205: what is the equation for.. a complement of an angle is 5 times as large as the angle
Answer by neatmath(302)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When two angles are complements of each other, their sum is 90 degrees.

Let x be the angle. Thus, the complement of the angle is



So we are given in words (90-angle=5 times angle):







Thus the angle is 15 degrees, and its complement is 75 degrees.

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