SOLUTION: An angle measures 76° more than the measure of its complementary angle. What is the measure of each angle?

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Question 1146650: An angle measures 76° more than the measure of its complementary angle. What is the measure of each angle?
Answer by greenestamps(13203) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x be the degree measure of the first angle.
Then the second angle is x+76.

The two angles are complementary (their sum is 90 degrees).

x+%2B+%28x%2B76%29+=+90

Solve using basic algebra.