Question

An angle is 25° less than the measure of its complement. What is the measure of the smaller angle?

Answer 1

A complementary pair of angles are a pair that add to 90 degrees, while a supplementary pair is a pair that add up to 180 degrees.

Explanation:

Assuming x is the largest angle.
`x + (x - 25) = 90`

`2x = 115`

`x = 57.5`

The larger angle measures 57.5 degrees, therefore the smaller measures 32.5 degrees.

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