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Question 209349: in any given right triangle how many degrees are there in total of the 2 acute complimentary angles
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Answer by Earlsdon(6294)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Starting with the fact that the total number of degrees in any triangle is 180, and recalling that a right angle is 90 degrees, if you subtract the 90 degrees from the total of 180 degrees, you are left with 90 degrees as the sum of the two acute complementary angles.
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
in any given right triangle how many degrees are there in total of the 2 acute complimentary angles
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Since they're complementary (not complimentary), they total 90º.

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