SOLUTION: In a right triangle, one of the acute angles is fourteen times as large as the other acute angle. what are measures of the two acute angles?

SOLUTION: In a right triangle, one of the acute angles is fourteen times as large as the other acute angle. what are measures of the two acute angles?

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Question 220405: In a right triangle, one of the acute angles is fourteen times as large as the other acute angle. what are measures of the two acute angles?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+14x=90
15x=90
x=90/15
x=6 ans. for the smaller angle.
14*6=84 ans. for the larger angle.
Proof:
6+84=90
90=90
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