SOLUTION: This question is not from a text book but from a homework handout. Can somebody help please. I just don't understand it. Here's the question:
Angle PQR and angle ABC are compl
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Question 193172: This question is not from a text book but from a homework handout. Can somebody help please. I just don't understand it. Here's the question:
Angle PQR and angle ABC are complementary angles and angle PQR is nine times as large as angle ABC. Determine the measure of each angle. Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! complementary angles by definition are equal to ninety degrees
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lest call angle PQR-P and angle ABC lets call A
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P+A=90.......eq 1
P=9A.........eq 2
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plug P's value from eq 2 into eq 1
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9A+A=90
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10A=90
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A=9 degrees
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P=9A=9(9)=81 degrees
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