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What is the size of an angle whose complement is 25% of its supplement
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Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is the size of an angle whose complement is 25% of its supplement
let angle be x
complement of x= (90-x)
Supplement = (180-x)
0.25(180-x)
90-x + 0.25(180-x)
90-x= 45-0.25x
90-45=x-0.25x
45=0.75x
45/0.75 =x
60=x
Check
complement = 90-60=30
0.25(180-60)
0.25(120)
30
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