A figure displays two complementary nonadjacent angles. If one angle measure is 79°, what is the other angle measure?
11°
21°
121°
101°
If two angles are complementary, their sum is always 90 degrees.
Let's assume that the other angle measure is x degrees.
According to the problem, one angle measure is 79°.
Therefore, we can write the equation:
79 + x = 90
To find the value of x, we can isolate it by subtracting 79 from both sides of the equation.
x = 90 - 79
x = 11
So, the other angle measure is 11°.
The correct answer is 11°.