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prealgebra senior

Problem

Two complementary angles, A and B, have measures in the ratio of 7 to 23, respectively. What is the ratio of the measure of the complement of angle A to the measure of the complement of angle B? Express your answer as a common fraction.
Solution
The complement of angle is just , and the complement of is . So we seek the ratio of to , which is reciprocal of to , or just .
Final answer
\frac{23}{7}