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1. The words complement and compliment sound very much alike.

a. What are their meanings?

b. Which word has the mathematical meaning?

 

2.Compare and contrast the standard definition and the mathematical meanig of the word supplement.

 

3. Make up a problem in which you must use an equation to find the measures of the angles of a triangle. Then solve the problem, explaining each step.

 

Find both the complement and supplement of each angle measure.

4. 130 degrees

 

5.(2x + 40) degrees

 

6. 3x degrees

 

7.24 degrees

 

Find the measure of the third angle of each triangle in which the measures of two angles of the triangle are given.

8.16 degrees, 42 degrees

 

9. 50 degrees, 45 degrees

 

10. x degrees, (x + 20) degrees

 

 

 


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