SOLUTION: If the measure of an angle is 34*41'18" a)What is the measure of its supplement? b)What is the measure of its complement?

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Question 285061: If the measure of an angle is 34*41'18"
a)What is the measure of its supplement?
b)What is the measure of its complement?

Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
I'll help you out with the first one.
Since supplementary angles equal 180 degrees, we subtract the angle from 180 like this:
179*59'60"
-34*41'18" And we get: 145*18'42"
Make sense?
RJ
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