SOLUTION: complementary angle. Two angles are complementary, the measure of one angle is 1 1/2 times the measure of the other find the measure of each angle? i don't know how to do this a

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Question 331352: complementary angle. Two angles are complementary, the measure of one angle is 1 1/2 times the measure of the other find the measure of each angle?
i don't know how to do this at all.

Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+1.5x=90
2.5x=90
x=36 degrees
1.5x=54 degrees

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