SOLUTION: Two angles are complementary. (Complementary angles are two angles whose sum is 90°.) The larger angle is 5° more than sixteen times the measure of the smaller angle. Find the meas

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Question 1073757: Two angles are complementary. (Complementary angles are two angles whose sum is 90°.) The larger angle is 5° more than sixteen times the measure of the smaller angle. Find the measure of the two angles.
° (smaller angle)=?
° (larger angle) = ?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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A%2BB=90
and
B=5%2B16A
Substituting,
A%2B%285%2B16A%29=90
17A=85
Solve for A then use either equation to solve for B.