SOLUTION: Use indirect reasoning to show that there is only one right angle in a right triangle.

Question 818571: Use indirect reasoning to show that there is only one right angle in a right triangle.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

there is only one right angle in a right triangle because, by definition, all three angles in a triangle MUST add up to degrees
if you have two right angles, their sum is already degrees; so, there will be no way to have third angle in the shape and you'd never get a triangle out of that
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having two right angles would give you two parallel lines perpendicular to a third; so, you'd never get a triangle out of that either
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