SOLUTION: what are the measures of two complementary angles if the difference in their measures is 10

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Question 321621: what are the measures of two complementary angles if the difference in their measures is 10
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let one angle be x
the other will be 90-x
their difference is 10
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x-(90-x)=10
x-90+x=10
2x=100
x=50
the other angle is 40 deg