Trigonometry : Angles

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Example Questions

Example Question #21 : Complementary And Supplementary Angles

Find the complement of .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:
Two angles are complementary if their sum is 90°. The same is true even for radian measures which are an equivalent way to write degree measures. To find an angle's complement, subtract it from 90° or . Remember, complementary angles are positive.
 
In the middle step we found a common denominator as is custom for subtracting fractions with different denominators.

Example Question #21 : Angles

Find the supplement of 112°.

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None of the other answers.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Two angles are supplementary if their sum is 180°. Thus, to find the supplement of an angle, subtract it from 180°. Remember that supplementary angles are positive angles.

Example Question #22 : Angles

What angle do I add to  to make the sum complementary?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Step 1: Define complementary angles.

Complementary angles are two angles that must always add up to 90.

Step 2: Find the other angle:

The sum must be 90, so subtract the given angle from the sum to find the missing angle:



The missing angle is 

Example Question #23 : Angles

What must the sum of two angles be, given that the angles are supplementary to each other?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Step 1: Define Supplementary angles. The answer is in the definition:

Two angles, if they are Supplementary to each other, their sum must equal  degrees.

The sum of the angles must be 

Example Question #21 : Complementary And Supplementary Angles

Find the complementary angle of 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the complementary angle of x, you need to subtract x from 90 degrees.

 

 

So, since we are trying to find the complementary angle of 20 degrees, we have:

 

Example Question #21 : Complementary And Supplementary Angles

Find the complementary angle of 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the complementary angle of x, you need to subtract x from 90 degrees.

 

 

Since we are trying to find the complementary angle of 68.2 degrees, we have:

 

Example Question #24 : Angles

Find the Complementary angle of  :

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Correct answer:

 

Explanation:

SInce the given angle is in radians to find the Complementary angle we need to subtract the giving angle from . Hence,

 

Example Question #25 : Angles

Find the Complementary angle of  :

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89.55

  

Correct answer:

 

Explanation:

SInce the given angle is in radians to find the Complementary angle we need to subtract the giving angle from . Hence,

 

Example Question #26 : Angles

Find the Supplementary angle of 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Since we are trying to find the supplementary angle of 40 degrees, we have to:

Example Question #22 : Complementary And Supplementary Angles

Find the Supplementary angle of 

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The supplementary angle of  does not exist, because the angle is larger than .

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Since we are trying to find the supplementary angle of 92.67 degrees, we have to:

 

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