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If an angle measures 37, what is its complementary angle?

User Cragly
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Answer: 53

Explanation:

90 - 37

User EdFred
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53 is the angle

Further explanation

Complementary angles sum to 90°.

We can build an equation to find any two complementary angles.

x + y = 90

Either x or y is given. Notice how they're interchangeable which means it doesn't make any difference what value you plug in for x or y.

Allow me to demonstrate.

In our case we have an angle that measures 37.

We can plug in 37 for x or y, but I always plug it in for x.

37 + y = 90

Subtract 37 on each side

y = 53°

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