SOLUTION: Find the complement of an angle whose measure is pie/10. How would I go about solving this. It is is radians right?

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Question 248959: Find the complement of an angle whose measure is pie/10.
How would I go about solving this. It is is radians right?

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Find the complement of an angle whose measure is pie/10.
How would I go about solving this. It is is radians right?

Yes, the angle is in radians.
Two angles are complementary if their sum = pi/2 (equivalent to 90 degrees).
So, in this case the complement x of pi/10 can be found by:
x + pi/10 = pi/2
x = pi/2 - pi/10
x ~ 3.14/2 - 3.14/10
Calculate x.