They must be complementary. these 2 angles MUST equal 90 degrees because there is a right angle that is 90 degrees in the triangle already and all triangles have an angle sum of 180 degrees. the answer is complementary
We can simplify |x| - 3 = 15 to |x| = 15 because we can add 3 on both sides due to -3 being outside of the absolute value bars. Next, we can say that x is either 15 or -15 because of the absolute value (|15| is equal to 15 and |-15| is also equal to 15).