SOLUTION: IF THE COMPLEMENT OF AN ANGLE IS 50 DEGREES, WHAT IS THE MEASURE OF THE ORIGINAL ANGLE? I SAY IT IS 90 DEGREES. MOST KIDS IN CLASS SAY IT IS 40 DEGREES. I THINK I AM CORRECT.

SOLUTION: IF THE COMPLEMENT OF AN ANGLE IS 50 DEGREES, WHAT IS THE MEASURE OF THE ORIGINAL ANGLE? I SAY IT IS 90 DEGREES. MOST KIDS IN CLASS SAY IT IS 40 DEGREES. I THINK I AM CORRECT.

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Question 384804: IF THE COMPLEMENT OF AN ANGLE IS 50 DEGREES, WHAT IS THE MEASURE OF THE ORIGINAL ANGLE? I SAY IT IS 90 DEGREES. MOST KIDS IN CLASS SAY IT IS 40 DEGREES. I THINK I AM CORRECT.
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The measure of the original angle is 40 degrees. Two angles are complementary if they add up to 90 degrees.
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