SOLUTION: two angles are complementary. The sum of the measure of the first angle and half the second angle is 79.5 degrees? what is the measure of the half angle?

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Question 329680: two angles are complementary. The sum of the measure of the first angle and half the second angle is 79.5 degrees? what is the measure of the half angle?
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two angles are complementary. The sum of the measure of the first angle and half the second angle is 79.5 degrees? what is the measure of the half angle?
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A pair of angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90 degrees.
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Let x = first angle
and y = second angle
then
x+y = 90 (equation 1)
x + y/2 = 79.5 (equation 2)
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Solve equation 1 for x:
x+y = 90
x = 90-y
Substitute above into equation 2 and solve for y:
x + y/2 = 79.5
90-y + y/2 = 79.5
90-y/2 = 79.5
90 = 79.5 + y/2
10.5 = y/2
21 degrees = y (second angle)
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First angle:
x+y = 90
x+21 = 90
x = 69 degrees
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Not sure what the question is but
then "half the second angle" is
(1/2)(21) = 10.5 degrees