Showing posts with label Angles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Angles. Show all posts

Sunday, December 29, 2013

find the complement and supplement of an angle with the given measure. a.)10° 10' 30" , b.)1° 40' 19"

a)
90°=89° 59' 60"
so...
complement:
89° 59' 60"-10° 10' 30"=
79° 49' 30"
supplement:
169° 49' 30"
b)
complement
89° 59' 60"-1° 40' 19"=
88° 19' 41"
supplement:
178° 19' 41"

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

An angle is one third of it's complement. What is the measure of the angle?

angle:x
complement:y
so that x+y=90
An angle is one third of it's complement means x=y/3 



so y=3x 

x+3x=90 

4x=90 
x=22.5 


:)