SOLUTION: One more and I am done. 2 angles are complementary if the sum of their angles measure 90. Find the measures of the two if one of the angles is 5 times the other one. Thanks in adva

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Question 1002263: One more and I am done. 2 angles are complementary if the sum of their angles measure 90. Find the measures of the two if one of the angles is 5 times the other one. Thanks in advance Tina
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One more and I am done. 2 angles are complementary if the sum of their angles measure 90. Find the measures of the two if one of the angles is 5 times the other one. Thanks in advance Tina
let x=one of the angles
y= 2nd angle=5x
x+y=90
x+5x=90
6x=90
x=15
5x=75
measure of one of the angles=15 deg
measure of 2nd angle= 75 deg