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Two angles are given as complementary. The larger angle is twice the measure of the smaller angle. What is the measure of the smaller angle?

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Answer:

Complentary = angle add up to 90 degrees

let smaller angle = x

x+2x=90

3x=90

x=30

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30 is the measure of the smaller angle.

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