SOLUTION: Make a mathematical argument that the two acute angles of a right triangle are complementary.

Question 129397: Make a mathematical argument that the two acute angles of a right triangle are complementary.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
in the triangle ,
if angle � and and are

then the angles and are because they have a sum of �
This is obvious since angle C is 90� and the other two angles must have a sum of � so that the three angles in the triangle together have a sum of �.
It is that the

in a right triangle are .

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