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Angles and Types of Angles

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Define complementary angles.

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Complementary Angles: Two angles, the sum of whose measures is, are called complementary angles.

Thus, anglesand are complementary angles, if

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Angles of measure andare complementary angles, because

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Angles of measure andare complementary angles, because

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