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Two angles are complementary. one contains 20° more than the other. find both angles. the measures of the angles are degrees

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Answer:

The answer is 35 and 55

Explanation:

Complementary angles add up to 90 degrees

User Jocelyne
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First, you can write an equation that says:
180=x+x+20

Which can simplify to :
180=2x+20


160=2x


80=x

One angle is 80 degrees, the other is 100 degrees.
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