The complement of an angle is 53°. What is the measure of the angle?
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angle + complement = 90º
To find the measure of the angle, we need to understand what the complement of an angle means. The complement of an angle is the angle that, when added to the given angle, will result in a sum of 90 degrees (a right angle).
Let's call the measure of the angle we're trying to find "x". The complement of this angle is given as 53 degrees. So, when we add the angle "x" and its complement (53 degrees), the sum should be 90 degrees.
Mathematically, we can write this as an equation:
x + 53 = 90
To solve for "x", we can subtract 53 from both sides of the equation:
x = 90 - 53
After evaluating the right side of the equation, we get:
x = 37
Therefore, the measure of the angle is 37 degrees.