SOLUTION: One angle is three times another. The two angles are complementary. What is the measure of One angle?

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Question 496085: One angle is three times another. The two angles are complementary. What is the measure of One angle?
Answer by cleomenius(959)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x + 3x = 90
4x = 90
x = 22.5 degrees. This is one angle.
3x = 67. degrees. This is the second angle.
22.5 degrees + 67.5 = 90 degrees.
This does check.
Cleomenius.

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