▸The complement of 35 deg is 55 deg.
- Angle A is 35 deg and its complement is 55 deg. Together they form a right angle (90 deg).
- Angle A (35 deg) is smaller, so its complement (55 deg) is larger.
- In a right triangle, the two acute angles are always complementary. If one acute angle is 35 deg, the other is 55 deg.
- The cofunction identities mean sin(A) = cos(B) and tan(A) = cot(B) whenever A and B are complementary - that is where the prefix "co-" in cosine, cotangent, and cosecant comes from.
Next stepUse the trig cofunction values below to see how sin, cos, tan, cot, sec, and csc relate for this complementary pair.