Complementary and Supplementary Angles

Complementary and Supplementary Angles

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In geometry two angles can be related to each other in several ways. Below are two of them

Complementary angles

A pair of angles is called complementary angles if their sum is 90°. One of the complementary angles is said to be the complement of the other. For example, an angle of 35° is complement of angle of 55°.

The two angles need not to be adjacent. Adjacent complementary angles form a right angle.

 

Supplementary angles

A pair of angles is called supplementary angles if their sum is 180°. One of the supplementary angle is said to be the supplementary of the other.  For example, 123° is supplement of 57°.

Angles do not have to be adjacent to be supplementary.

 

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