SOLUTION: Define a variable, set up an equation and solve each problem. 1. An angle measures 17 degrees more than its complement. Find the measure of the angle. 2. An angle measures 5

Question 107526: Define a variable, set up an equation and solve each problem.
1. An angle measures 17 degrees more than its complement. Find the measure of the angle.
2. An angle measures 5 degrees more than three times its supplement. Find the measure of the angle.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sum of an angle and its complement is 90 degrees. So if the measure of one of the angles is , then the measure of the other angle is and

The sum of an angle and its complement is 180.
1st angle =
2nd angle =

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