SOLUTION: The measure of one acute angle of a right triangle is three times the measure of the other acute angle.Find the measures of the angles.
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Question 1052429: The measure of one acute angle of a right triangle is three times the measure of the other acute angle.Find the measures of the angles.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The two other angles add to 90 degrees.
Let one by x and the other 3x.
3x+x=90
4x=90
x=90/4=22.5 degrees
3x=67.5 degrees. Those are the angles.
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