Two angles form a complementary pair (sum is 90 degrees) one angle is 3x - 10 and the other angle is x + 8. Write an equation and solve for each angle. Could somebody help? Thank you :)

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Two angles form a complementary pair (sum is 90 degrees) one angle is 3x - 10 and the other angle is x + 8. Write an equation and solve for each angle.

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3x-10+x+8=90
4×-2=90
4x=92
X=23

One angle is 31. 23+8
The second one is 59. 3 (23)-10

Sadanand answered Jun 21, 2018

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