Question

An angle measures 89.8° more than the measure of its complementary angle. What is the measure of each angle?

Answer 1

Complementary angles always are 90 degrees when added to each other, so:

x = angle 1

x + 89.8 = angle 2

x + x + 89.8 = 90

2x = 90 - 89.8

2x = 0.2

x = 0.1

angle 1 = 0.1 degrees

angle 2 = 0.1 + 89.8 = 89.9 degrees

if you want to check, just sum one to the other and see if they equal 90, like this: 89.9 + 0.1 = 90