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The supplement of an angle is 6* less than it's complement . find the angle.​

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Explanation:

you mean it is 6° less, right ?

supplement means together they have 180°.

complement means together they have 90°.

x is our angle.

180 - x is the supplement angle.

90 - x is the complement angle.

180 - x = 90 - x - 6

90 = -6

you see, that is not possible.

the difference between the supplementary angle and the complementary angle is always 90°.

e.g.

x = 30°

supplement = 180-30 = 150°

complement = 90-30 = 60°

the difference is : 150 - 60 = 90°

x = 80°

supplement = 180 - 80 = 100°

complement = 90-80 = 10°

the difference is : 100 - 10 = 90°

and so on.

so, again, there is no angle that satisfies that criteria.

either you made a mistake in the problem description, or your teacher tried to be tricky.

remember, as x has also a complementary angle, it must be smaller than 90°.

so, the supplementary angle of x must be larger than 90°, and therefore larger than the complementary angle.

there is no angle, for which the supplementary angle is smaller than the complementary angle.

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