SOLUTION: Two angles are complementary. One angle measures six degrees less than five times the other angle. Find the measures of the angles.

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Question 565728: Two angles are complementary. One angle measures six degrees less than five times the other angle. Find the measures of the angles.
Answer by unlockmath(1688)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
We know complementary is 90 degrees so we can write an equation as:
x represents one angle
5x-6 represents the other one
x+5x-6=90
Solve for x
6x=96
x=16
So we know one angle is 16 degrees and the other is 74 degrees.
Make sense?
RJ
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