SOLUTION: Two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90 degrees. Find two complementary angles such that one of the angles is 94 degrees less than 3 times the other angle.
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Question 972942: Two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90 degrees. Find two complementary angles such that one of the angles is 94 degrees less than 3 times the other angle. Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source):
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x=other angle; 3x-94 degrees=one of the angles
x+(3x-94 degrees)=90 degrees
4x-94 degrees=90 degrees
4x=184 degrees
x=46 degrees ANSWER 1: One angle is 46 degrees
3x-94 degrees=3(46 degrees)-94 degrees=138 degrees-94 degrees=44 degrees
ANSWER 2: The other angle is 44 degrees.
