Trigonometry : Complementary and Supplementary Angles

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Example Question #31 : Complementary And Supplementary Angles

Find the supplementary angle of  :

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Since the given angle is in radians to find the supplementary angle we need to subtract the giving angle from .

Hence, 

Example Question #32 : Angles

Find the supplementary angle of  

Possible Answers:

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

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Since the given angle is in radians to find the supplementary angle we need to subtract the giving angle from .

Hence,

Example Question #32 : Complementary And Supplementary Angles

What is the supplementary angle to ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Supplementary angles, by definition, add up to .

To find the other angle, you set up the equation 

.

Solving the equation gets 

.

Example Question #34 : Angles

List the complement and the supplement for .

Possible Answers:

and

and 

 and

and

and 

Correct answer:

and 

Explanation:

To find the complement of , subtract it from , or equivalently, :

To find the supplement of , subtract it from , or equivalently :

Example Question #35 : Angles

Which angle is its supplement?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

There are many ways to solve this problem. Regardless, we need to know that supplementary angles add together to . To figure out what plus of itself would equal , we can set up this equation:

 to combine like terms, create common denominators

 multiply both sides by the reciprocal,

Our actual answer is going to be of this, since the angle that we are looking for is of its supplement. In other words, we just found x, and the angle that we are looking for is :

Our answer is .

 

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