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Find the measurment of both complemetary angles if one of them is 3 times less than the other 

 Sep 2, 2018
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Complementary angles - also known as angles that add up to 90 degrees.
Angle A - a degrees (for simplicity)
Angle B - b degrees, we will assume angle b is larger.
a + b = 90
b = 3a (a is now 3 times less than b)
4a = 90
a = 22.5 degrees
b = 67.5 degrees

 Sep 6, 2018

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