SOLUTION: What are the measures of two complementary angles , if the difference in the measures of the two angles is 12 ?
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Question 401536: What are the measures of two complementary angles , if the difference in the measures of the two angles is 12 ?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Complementary angles are two angles whose sum is 90°.
if one is and another , then
.........1
if the difference in the measures of the two angles is 12
.......2
.........1
.......2
---------------------------...solve this system
.........1
.........1.plug in 2 and find y
.......2
.......2
.......2
.......2
.......2
.......2
.......2........now find x
..........
so, angles are: 51 and 39 degree
check their difference
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