The complement of an angle measures 37°. What is the measure of the angle?
A- 143°
B- 127°
C- 63°
D- 53°
My choice is C.
Nope. 90-37 = 53, not 63.
I suspect you saw the 9 and the 3 and subtracted to get 6, but nnnoooooo...
Opps, I subtracted wrong!! It should be answer D- 53
D-53
To find the measure of the angle, we need to understand what complementary angles are. Complementary angles are two angles that add up to 90 degrees.
Let x be the measure of the angle.
The complement of x is given as 37 degrees.
Since the sum of the angle and its complement is 90 degrees, we can set up the equation:
x + 37 = 90
To isolate x, we subtract 37 from both sides of the equation:
x = 90 - 37
x = 53
Therefore, the measure of the angle is 53 degrees.
Based on your choices, it seems like you have selected option D which is 53 degrees. That is the correct answer. Well done!