Question

One of two complementary angles is 4 degrees more than the other. Find the angles. (Recall that complementary angles are angles whose sum is 90 degrees.)

Which of the following equations can not be used to solve the problem if x represents one of the angles?
A.2x - 4 = 90
B.2x + 4 = 90
C. x + 4 = 90

Answer 1

if x was the smaller angle, then what is the larger angle?

Answer 2

any ideas?

Answer 3

no not at all sorry

Answer 4

"One of two complementary angles is 4 degrees more than the other"

so if x is the smaller angle then x+4 is the larger angle

see how I'm getting that?

Answer 5

yeah

Answer 6

add the two angles to get ???

Answer 7

add up x and x+4 to get _____

Answer 8

that's not the full answer though (there's more to it)

Answer 9

unless you managed to find the final answer?

Answer 10

I did thank you I had a friend help with the rest :)

Answer 11

ok great, just checking