SOLUTION: Recall that two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90�. Find the measures of two complementary angles if one angle is twice the other. All I have been able

Question 1077685: Recall that two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90�. Find the measures of two complementary angles if one angle is twice the other.
All I have been able to come up with is: x+y=90. And x=2y. However it doesn't make sense. Please help!
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Find the measures of two complementary angles if one angle is twice the other.
All I have been able to come up with is: x+y=90. And x=2y. However it doesn't make sense. Please help!
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x+y=90.
And x=2y
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Sub for x in the 1st equation
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2y + y = 90
3y = 90
y = 30
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x = 60

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