SOLUTION: what is the measure of an angle whose measure is 1/2 of its complement angle?

Question 801205: what is the measure of an angle whose measure is 1/2 of its complement angle?
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
what is the measure of an angle whose measure is 1/2 of its complement angle?
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angle:: x
complement: 90-x
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Equation::
x = (1/2)(90-x)
x = 45 - (1/2)x
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(3/2)x = 45
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x = 30 degrees
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Complementary angles add up to �.
let's an angle be and its complement
given:
the measure of an angle whose measure is of its complement angle

....eq.1

.....eq.2....substitute from eq.1
....solve for

=>
so, the measure of an angle whose measure is of its complement angle
is

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