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One angle in a complementary pair of angles measures 3 times the other angle.

What is the measure, in degrees, of the
smaller angle?

User Ubermonkey
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Answer:

22.5 degrees

Explanation:

Complementary angles add up to be 90 degrees. You can model the simple equation
x+3x=90 where is x is the small angle and 3x is the large angle.


4x=90\\x=22.5

the smaller angle is 22.5 degrees

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