Question

Part 1 out of 2

Your friend says that there is an angle whose measure is the same as the measure of the sum of its
supplement and its complement.
Is your friend correct? What is the measure of the angle?
the measure of its complement is
10, and the measure of its
The measure of the angle is
supplement is
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Answer 1

The angle is 90, my friend gave the answer as 10, so he is incorrect

The complement of the angle is not 10 but 0

The measure of the supplement is 90 degrees

Explanation:

The complement of an angle is simply the value of 90 minus the angle

The supplement of an angle is simply the value of 180 minus the angle

So let’s say the angle we are looking at is x

The complement of the angle will be 90 - x

The supplement of the angle will be 180-x

so from the question;

x = 90-x + 180-x

x = 270 - 2x

2x + x = 270

3x = 270

x = 270/3

x = 90

The measure of the angle is 90 degrees

the measure of the complement of this angle is 90-90 = 0 degrees

The measure of the complement is 180-90 = 90 degrees