Complementary Angles

Complementary angles are two angles whose measures add up to Math formula .

In the figure below, Math formula and Math formula are complementary.

Math diagram

Two angles need not be adjacent to be complementary. The angles in the next figure are also complementary, since Math formula .

Math diagram

See also supplementary angles .

 

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