SOLUTION: Recall that two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is​ 90°. Find the measures of two complementary angles if one angle is twenty-nine times the other angle
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Question 1101940: Recall that two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90°. Find the measures of two complementary angles if one angle is twenty-nine times the other angle?
What's the smaller angle = Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Recall that two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90°. Find the measures of two complementary angles if one angle is twenty-nine times the other angle?
What's the smaller angle = ?
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smaller angle:: x
larger angle:: 29x
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Equation:
x + 29x = 90
30x = 90
x = 3 degrees
29x = 87 degrees
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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