SOLUTION: Find the complement of an angle whose measure is 62degrees 10 exponent 1?

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Question 928834: Find the complement of an angle whose measure is 62degrees 10 exponent 1?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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It's not an exponent.
It's an angle measurement given in degrees, minutes, seconds.
1 degree=60 minutes(minute symbol:').
1 minute=60 seconds(second symbol:").
The angle is 62 degrees 10 minutes.
A%2BB=90
B=90-A
Take 1 degree from 90 and convert to minutes.
90=80+60'.
Subtract like terms.
B=90-A
B=90-62,10'
B=89,60'-62,10'
B=(89-62),(60-10)'
B=37,50'
So the solution angle is 37 degrees, 50 minutes.