SOLUTION: If a line makes complementary angles with any two coordinate axes what is the third angle

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Question 1066691: If a line makes complementary angles with any two coordinate axes what is the third angle
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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i think that the third angle in the triangle formed would have to be 90 degrees.

this is because the sum of the angles of a triangle is always 180 degrees.

if two angles are complementary, then their sum is 90 degrees.

the third angle therefore has to be equal to 90 degrees.