SOLUTION: If two angles are complementary and one angle is 36 degrees more than twice the other. What is teh measure of each angle?

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Question 49430: If two angles are complementary and one angle is 36 degrees more than twice the other. What is teh measure of each angle?
Answer by Nate(3500) About Me  (Show Source):
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Complementary angles are equal to 90 degrees.
first angle = f
second angle = 2f + 36
f+%2B+2f+%2B+36+=+90
3f+=+54
f+=+18
first angle = f = 18
second angle = 2f + 36 = 36 + 36 = 72