SOLUTION: The measure of an angle is nine times the measure of a complementary angle. What is the measure of each angle?

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Question 413622: The measure of an angle is nine times the measure of a complementary angle. What is the measure of each angle?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let represent the smaller of the two angles. Then must represent the larger one. The sum of the measures of two complementary angles is , so:



Just solve for to get one of the angles. Multiply by 9 (or subtract from 90) to get the other.

John

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