SOLUTION: Two angles are complementary if one of them is twice the sum of other and 3. Find the angles.

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Question 1161392: Two angles are complementary if one of them is twice the sum of other and 3. Find the angles.

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Answer by greenestamps(13215)   (Show Source):
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"... twice the sum of other and 3..."

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Re-post, changing the wording and/or adding some punctuation, so that it is clear what the question is.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source):
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Angle measures, x and y

y=2(x+3), "one of them" being y.

x+y=90, the two angle measures sum to 90, for them to be "complementary".

Substituting,

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Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source):
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Two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is

Let represent the measure of one of the angles, and then it is given that the other measures . Since in order to be complementary, their sum must be

Solve for and then calculate either or

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it