Question

The measure of an angle is five times the measure of its complementary angle. What is the measure of each angle?

Answer 1

Answer:

5x + x = 90 degrees.

6x = 90 degrees.

x = 15 degrees. One angle.

5(15) = 75 degrees, the other angle.

Cleomenius.

Answer 2

Let the angle be x

ATGC

x = 5(90-x)

x = 450 - 5x

6x = 450

x = 75°