Question

The measure of two angles are (3x+20) and (5x - 2). What is the value of x if the
two angles are complementary?

Answer 1

Answer:

x = 9

Step-by-step explanation:

angle 1 plus angle 2 equals 90 because they are complementary. combining like terms gives you 8x + 18 = 90. then you get 8x = 72, which means that x equals 9