<em>Question:</em>
The measures of two complementary angles have a ratio of 3 : 2. What is the measure of the larger angle?
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<em>Solution:</em>
Call those two angles x and y, where x is the larger one.
If they are complementary, then their sum equals 90°:
x + y = 90° (i)
Also, the ratio between x and y is 3 : 2, so
x 3
—— = ——
y 2
Product of the extremes = product of the means:
2x = 3y
2x – 3y = 0 (ii)
Now, just solve this system of equations:
x + y = 90° (i)
2x – 3y = 0 (ii)
Solve it with elimination. Since you want to know the value of the larger angle, which is x, then eliminate the variable y by doing the following:
Multiply the equation (i) by 3,
3x + 3y = 270° (iii)
2x – 3y = 0 (ii)
then add both equations, so you cancel out the variable y:
3x + 2x + 3y – 3y = 270° + 0
3x + 2x = 270°
5x = 270°
270°
x = ———
5
x = 54° <——— this is the measure of the larger angle.
I hope this helps. =)
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Move the decimal two places to the left.
For the first one, simplify the radicals. The 3 root 8 can be rewritten as 3 root 4 root 2, which turns into 6 root 2. The 4 root 3 can’t be simplified, so just multiply. 6*4=24 and the root 2*root 3 turns into root 6. So your answer for the first one is 24 root 6.
For the next one you can’t have a radical in the denominator so just multiply by root 3/ root 3, which gives you 6 root 3/3 which simplifies into 2 root 3.
Answer:
x= -18 y=-5/3
Step-by-step explanation:
