Question

Two complementary angles have measures (4x)°
and (2x)°
. What is the value of x
and the two angle measures?

Answers

GPT-4o mini
Complementary angles are two angles that add up to 90 degrees. Given the two angles are \( (4x)^\circ \) and \( (2x)^\circ \), we can set up the following equation:

\[
4x + 2x = 90
\]

Combining like terms:

\[
6x = 90
\]

Now, we can solve for \( x \) by dividing both sides by 6:

\[
x = \frac{90}{6} = 15
\]

Now that we have the value of \( x \), we can find the measures of the two angles:

1. The first angle:
\[
4x = 4(15) = 60^\circ
\]

2. The second angle:
\[
2x = 2(15) = 30^\circ
\]

Thus, the value of \( x \) is \( 15 \), and the measures of the two angles are \( 60^\circ \) and \( 30^\circ \).

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