SOLUTION: An angle is 10 degrees More than its complement . Find the angle ang its Complement

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Question 168475: An angle is 10 degrees More than its complement . Find the angle ang its Complement
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The complement of an angle and the angle add together to get 90 degrees.
If the angle is represented by x then the complement will be x - 10 because the complement is 10 degrees less than x.
The two angles add to make 90 degrees so
x+%2B+%28x-10%29+=+90
2x+%2B+10+=+90
2x+=+100
so x = 50 degrees
The complement will be 10 degrees less which is 40 degrees.