SOLUTION: Two angles are complimentary. One is fourteen more than the other. Find the measure of the two angles.

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Question 1048697: Two angles are complimentary. One is fourteen more than the other. Find the measure of the two angles.
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Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two angles, alpha and beta, are Complementary when they
add up to 90 degrees (a Right Angle).
alpha%2Bbeta=90
One is 14 more than the other,alpha=beta%2B14, than we have:
beta%2B14%2Bbeta=90
2beta=90-14
2beta=76
beta=76%2F2
highlight%28beta=38%29

alpha=beta%2B14->alpha=38%2B14->highlight%28alpha=52%29


Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
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Complementary angles are those that add up to 90 degrees.
Let's call one x
The other, the problem says, is 14 more: x+14
:
Let's put it all together:
x+x+14 = 90
2x = 76
x = 38 degrees and the other is 38+14 = 52
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Check:
38+52 = 90 Correct
John