Question

Two angles are complementary. One contains 20 more than the other. What are the angles?

Answer 1

`35 and 55`

Explanation:

2 angles which are complementary add up to `90`.
If we call the smaller angle `x`, then the larger angle is `x+20`

Therefore we can say that

`x + (x+20) = 90`

Which is the same as;

`2x + 20 = 90`

`2x = 70`
`x = 35`

Now that we know `x=35` we know that the smaller angle is `35` and the larger angle is `35+20=55`