document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=648556>Question 648556</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the measure of an angle and its compliment if one angle measures 24 degrees more than the other </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #406723 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=swincher4391><B>swincher4391(1107)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=swincher4391><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=swincher4391><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=406723\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> By definition if two angles are complementary, they add up to 90 degrees.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be one of the complementary angles.  Let x+24 be other.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then x+x+24 = 90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x + 24 = 90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x = 66\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 33\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "33 is one angle\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(33+24) = 57 is the other.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "33,57<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To check:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "33+57 = 90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thus, these are complementary angles. </SPAN>\n" );
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