SOLUTION: Please help me I am so confused! In a right triangle, if the measures of the other two angles are 2x – 4 and 3x + 10, what are the measures of these two angles?
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Question 830121: Please help me I am so confused! In a right triangle, if the measures of the other two angles are 2x – 4 and 3x + 10, what are the measures of these two angles?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the other two angles add up to 90 degrees
2x – 4 +3x + 10=90
5x+6=90
5x=84
x=16.8
29.6
60.4
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