What is the name for two angles which sum to 90 degrees?

Correct answer: Complementary

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What people think about it: 13 Comments
Jackie
Jackie
What are the definitions for the others?
wesley
wesley
so is a person who studies angles referred to as an angler? 😂
d
d
why would you want to name two angles a name?
Robofan301
Robofan301
d, you need to refer to them when doing geometric proofs, it makes it a lot easier when you can just refer to them by name. Rather than saying “those angles which happen to add up to 90 degrees”.
Duchess
Duchess
never heard this new name for a right triangle.
hi
hi
wesley, I used to substitute hypocrite and the 60s (?) square definitions! laugh. an oh
hi
hi
wesley, the square of the Hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the other 2 sides. lol .
hi
hi
wesley, I really, really annoyed my children with the only thing I can remember about triangles.
Artie
Artie
I took Euclidean Geometry in high school and actually remembered it
 victeh
victeh
my 5 grade teacher never failed me 🤗🤓
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Aarti
Aarti
earlier I never heard this.
Republic of China
Republic of China
d, because it does not look like it makes sense by saying "the sum of the angles adds up to 90 degrees"???