SOLUTION: An angle measures 15 degrees more than its complement, Find the measure of two angles.

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Question 665529: An angle measures 15 degrees more than its complement, Find the measure of two angles.
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

complementary angles are angles whose measures sum to °

let be an angle, and be its complement, then
......1
and if an angle measures degrees than its , we have:

.......2...plug it in equation 1
......1..solve for




now find

.......2





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