SOLUTION: can a right triangle have more than 1 right angle?

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Question 240083: can a right triangle have more than 1 right angle?
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The following answer applies to a right triangle in a Euclidian plane.

The sum of the measures of the interior angles of ANY triangle is 180° A right angle measures 90° If a triangle had two right angles, then the sum of the measures of those two angles would be 90° + 90° = 180°. That would leave 0° for the third angle. So, in a word, the answer to your question is: No.

A triangle on the surface of a sphere, torus, or any sort of Reimann Surface has different properties.

John