Complementary Angles - GED Math

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What is the measure of an angle that is complementary to an angle measuring ?

Answer

The sum of complementary angles is equal to .

Set up the following equation and solve for :

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Thingy

Refer to the above figure. You are given that .

Which two angles must be complementary?

Answer

and form a linear pair, so their measures add up to that of a straight angle, which is . They must be supplementary (and cannot be complementary).

and are a pair of vertical angles - angles formed from a pair of intersecting lines which together have the lines as the union. They must be congruent, and need not be complementary.

and are a pair of same-side interior angles formed by transversal across the parallel lines. They must be supplementary (and cannot be complementary).

and are the acute angles of right triangle . They must be complementary. This is the correct pair.

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Angles A and B are complementary angles. The measure of angle A is . The measure of angle B is . Solve for .

Answer

Since angles A and B are complementary angles, their measurements add up to equal 90. Therefore, we need to set up our equation as follows:

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Combine like terms:

And solve for :

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Angles A and B are complementary angles. The measure of angle A is , The measure of Angle B is . find the value of .

Answer

Since angles A and B are complementary, their measures add up to 90 degrees. Therefore we can set up our equation as such:

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Combine like terms and solve for :

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Angles A and B are complementary angles. The measure of angle A is . The measure of angle B is . What are the measures of the two angles?

Answer

Since angles A and B are complementary, their measures add up to equal 90 degrees. Therefore we can set up an equation as follows:

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Combine like terms and solve for :

Now that we have found , we need to plug that back in to the two angle measurements

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What angle is complementary to 55?

Answer

The definition of a complementary angle means that two angles must add up to 90 degrees.

To find the angle, simply subtract 55 from 90.

The answer is:

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What angle is complementary to 10 degrees?

Answer

Complementary angles must add up to ninety.

Subtract the given angle from 90 to find the other angle.

The answer is:

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Suppose the angles and are complementary angles. What is the value of ?

Answer

Set up the equation such that both angles sum up to 90.

Add 5 on both sides.

Divide both sides by 8.

The value of is:

The answer is:

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Determine the value of if the angles and are complementary.

Answer

Complementary angles must add up to 90 degrees.

Set up an equation so that the sum of two angles add up to 90.

Subtract 8 on both sides.

Simplify both sides.

Divide by two on both sides.

The answer is:

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What angle is complementary to radians?

Answer

Note that this is in radians. Recall that 2 complementary angles must add up to 90 degrees.

Since ,

To find the complementary angle, subtract from .

The answer is:

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If the angles and are complementary angles, what must be the smallest angle?

Answer

Complementary angles add up to 90 degrees.

Set up the equation such that both angles add up to 90.

Divide by 6 on both sides.

The smallest angle is .

Substitute the value of into the expression.

The answer is:

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Suppose the angles and are complementary angles. What is the value of ?

Answer

Complementary angles add up to 90 degrees.

Set up the equation to solve for .

Combine like-terms.

Subtract 6 from both sides.

Divide by three on both sides.

This means that .

The answer is:

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What angle is complement to the angle ?

Answer

Note that complementary angles sum up to 90 degrees. There is no after the fraction, which means that this value is in degrees, and not radians.

To determine the other angle, simply subtract the angle from 90 degrees.

The answer is:

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Which angle is complementary to the angle ?

Answer

Complementary angles sum up to 90 degrees.

To find the other angle, subtract 62 from the value of 90.

The answer is:

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Sup1

The angles above are complementary.

What is the measure of the smaller angle?

Answer

Since the angles are complementary, you know that they must add up to a total of degrees. Based on our data, this means:

Simplifying, you get:

The smaller angle clearly is :

degrees

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Sup2

The angles above are complementary.

What is the size of the larger angle?

Answer

Since the angles are complementary, you know that they must add up to a total of degrees. Based on our data, this means:

Simplifying, you get:

It is best to compute both angles to be safe:

degrees

This means that the other is degrees

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Complementary angles add up to how many degrees?

Answer

Two angles are complementary when they add up to .

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Angles a and b are complementary. If , what is the value of b?

Answer

Two angles are complementary when they add up to . So, to find the value of complementary angles, we will use the following formula:

Now, we know

So, we will substitute and solve for b. We get

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If two angles are complementary, and one angle is , what is the value of the other angle?

Answer

Two angles are complementary if they add up to . So, to find complementary angles, we will use the following formula:

Now, we know the value of one angle is , so we will substitute. We get

Now, we will solve for b. We get

Therefore, the value of the other angle is .

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What angle is complementary to ?

Answer

Complementary angles sum up to 90.

This means that the other angle must be the difference from 90.

Combine like-terms.

The answer is:

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