Two angles are complementary. Their difference is 26 degrees. Find the angles.

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Answer 1

Complementary angles mean that the two angles equal 90 degrees. That gives us the following:

a + b = 90

a - b = 26 (their difference equals 26 degrees)

 

We can use the elimination method:

a + b = 90
a - b = 26

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2a = 116

 

You should be able to find a and use that to find b from here.