SOLUTION: Find the measure of an angle and its compliment if one angle measures 24 degrees more than the other

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Question 648556: Find the measure of an angle and its compliment if one angle measures 24 degrees more than the other
Answer by swincher4391(1107) About Me  (Show Source):
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By definition if two angles are complementary, they add up to 90 degrees.
Let x be one of the complementary angles. Let x+24 be other.
Then x+x+24 = 90
2x + 24 = 90
2x = 66
x = 33
33 is one angle
(33+24) = 57 is the other.
33,57
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To check:
33+57 = 90
Thus, these are complementary angles.