SOLUTION: The following angles are complementary angles. Determine the measures of ∡1 and ∡2. Can you help me a little bit please? Also, to get a better understanding of thi

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Question 480363: The following angles are complementary angles. Determine the measures of ∡1 and ∡2.
Can you help me a little bit please? Also, to get a better understanding of this, would you mind showing me how you arrived to your answers? Thank you very much!
Here are the angles:
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Answer by Tatiana_Stebko(1539) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
angle(1)+angle(2)=90 degrees
x%2B%283x-10%29=90
x%2B3x=90%2B10
4x=100
x=100%2F4
x=25
angle 1 is 3%2A25-10=65degrees
angle 2 is 25 degrees