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OpenStudy (anonymous):

HELP I WILL FA AND MEDAL Find the complement of an angle with measure 72°. A. 162° B. 18° C. 252° D. 108°

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is it D

hartnn (hartnn):

nopes complementary angles add upto 90 degrees so x+72 = 90 find x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

B

hartnn (hartnn):

correct! :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but what about 180

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@hartnn

hartnn (hartnn):

when 2 angles are SUPPLEMENTARY only then they add upto 180 but in this question, angles were complementary :) so they add upto 90

hartnn (hartnn):

so, supplement of 72 will be 108 compliment of 72 = 18

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh ok

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