SOLUTION: use a ratio box to solve this problem. the ratio of the measure of the two acute angles of the right triangle is 7 to 8. whAT IS THE MEASURE OF THE SMALLEST ANGLE of the triangle

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Question 687995: use a ratio box to solve this problem. the ratio of the measure of the two acute angles of the right triangle is 7 to 8. whAT IS THE MEASURE OF THE SMALLEST ANGLE of the triangle
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the ratio of the measure of the two acute angles of the triangle is to. what IS THE MEASURE OF THE SMALLEST ANGLE of the triangle
......1
................ in the triangle

............................2
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......1..solve for
......plug in 2
........solve for




...now find




.....................the smallest angle

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