SOLUTION: Can you please help me find the complement of pie/12? I know that I suppose to start with pie/12+B(Beta)=pie/12 but I do not know what to do next.

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Question 1014382: Can you please help me find the complement of pie/12? I know that I suppose to start with pie/12+B(Beta)=pie/12 but I do not know what to do next.
Found 4 solutions by ikleyn, FrankM, MathLover1, Alan3354:
Answer by ikleyn(52914) About Me  (Show Source):
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Can you please help me find the complement of pie/12? I know that I suppose to start with pie/12+B(Beta)=pie/12 but I do not know what to do next.
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Complement of pi%2F12 is

pi%2F2+-+pi%2F12 = 6pi%2F12+-+pi%2F12 = %28%286-1%29%2Api%29%2F12 = 5pi%2F12.


Answer by FrankM(1040) About Me  (Show Source):
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Complement means that 2 angles add to 90 degrees, or pi/2.
1/2 = 6/12, so if you have pi/12, it will take (5/12) pi to add and get pi/2.
1/12+5/12 = 6/12 = 1/2

Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two angles alpha and beta are said to be complementary if alpha%2Bbeta+=+pi%2F2. In other words, alpha and beta are complementary angles if they produce a right angle when combined.
if given alpha=pi%2F12 we have
pi%2F12%2Bbeta+=+pi%2F2
beta+=+pi%2F2-pi%2F12
beta+=+6pi%2F12-pi%2F12
beta+=+5pi%2F12
or beta+=+5%28pi%2F12%29

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Can you please help me find the complement of pie/12?
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No math problems with pie, unless it's a pie chart.
Use the Greek letter pi.