SOLUTION: Two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90 degrees. If angle A and angle B are complementary angles, and angle A is 6 degrees more than three times angle B, fi

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Question 213236: Two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90 degrees. If angle A and angle B are complementary angles, and angle A is 6 degrees more than three times angle B, find the measures of angles A and B.
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A+B=90 OR A=90-B
A+6=B
90-B+6=B
96=2B
2B=96
B=96/2
B=48 DEGREES,
A=90-48
A=42 DEGREES.