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PLEASE HELP Find the measures of two complementary angles if one angle is nine times the other angle.
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Find the measures of two complementary angles if one angle is nine times the other angle.

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If the angles are complementary, then they add up to 90. Let n be the small angle. Then:
n+9n=90
10n=90
n=9
The small angle is 9°; the large angle is 81°
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User Paul Creasey
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Well one angle is 9 and the other is 81.

9*9=81+9=90

User Michiel Standaert
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