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Question

An illustration shows a right angle. A ray extends from the right angle to create complementary angles. One angle measures 25 degrees. The other angle measures 5 x degrees. The angles are not labeled.

Solve for the value of x .

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Responses

10
10

13
13

65
65

50
50
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Answer 1

The sum of complementary angles is always 90 degrees.

If one angle measures 25 degrees, then the other angle will be 90 - 25 = 65 degrees.

Therefore, the value of x is 65/5 = 13.

So, the correct answer is 13.