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Two angles are vertical angles. If the angles are also complementary angles, what is the degree of the angle

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Vertical angles are congruent according to the vertical angles theorem. If they are complementary as well, then they both sum up to 90 degrees. So, form an algebraic equation!

x+x=90 or 2x=90... Using the division property of equality, the angle measure (or x) equals 45...

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