Angle 1 is a complement of angle 2. Angle 1 measures 23 degrees. How large is angle 2?
2 Answers
67°
Explanation:
Two angles are said to be complimentary if they add to 90°
So, when one is 23°, the complimentary angle must be 67°.
Using the definition of complementary angles and a little bit of algebra, we get that
Explanation:
Well, we know that angle 1 measures
Remember that two angles are said to be complement if they form (or, visually add up to) a right angle, and a right angle measures
And try to solve for angle 2. We know that
We could subtract both sides by
Therefore, given that angle 1 measures 23 degrees and complements angle 2, then angle 2 must measure 67 degrees.