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The measure of an angle is seventeen times the measure of a complementary angle. What is the measure of each angle?

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Let the complementary angle be y and 17 y
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17y +y = 90°
18y =90°
y = 90°/18
= 5°
Another angle = 17 × 5 = 85°
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