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Question 240708: Two angles are complementary. The sum of the measure of the first angle and one-fourth the second angle is 76.5 degrees. Find the measures of the angles. What is the measure of the smaller angle?
What is the measure of the other angle?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the measure of one of the angles
Let 
represent the measure of the other angle
Because they are complementary:
degrees
Because of the other given:
degrees
Solve the system for 
and 
to get the measures of the angles.
John
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