SOLUTION: Complementary angles are two angles whose measures add to 90 degrees. The ratio of the measures of two complementary angles is 4:11. What are the measures of the angles?

Question 106102: Complementary angles are two angles whose measures add to 90 degrees. The ratio of the measures of two complementary angles is 4:11. What are the measures of the angles?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's call the angles A and B.
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2.
Use equation 2 to solve for A in terms of B and substitute back into equation 1.
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Now into equation 1.
1.

Check your answers.
1.

Good answer.
2.

Good answer.
Your angles are and
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