SOLUTION: complementary angles are angles whose sum is 90 degrees. two complemantary angles are such that their difference is 34 degrees. find the angles.

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Question 514028: complementary angles are angles whose sum is 90 degrees. two complemantary angles are such that their difference is 34 degrees. find the angles.
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let represent the measure of one of the angles. Since they are complementary, the measure of the other angle must be

The difference being 34 we can write:



Solve for , then calculate .

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