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Complementary Angles

Complementary angles are two angles whose measures add up to 90 ° .

In the figure below, 1 and 2 are complementary.

Two angles need not be adjacent to be complementary. The angles in the next figure are also complementary, since 35 ° + 55 ° = 90 ° .

See also supplementary angles .