document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=250554>Question 250554</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One acute angle of a right triangle is 5 times as large as the other. How<BR>\n" );
document.write( "many degrees are there in each angle? Hint: Either of the angles, not the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "right angle, is called an acute angle in the right triangle. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "many degrees are there in each angle?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The acute angles of a right triangle are complementary.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let one of the acute be \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The other is \"5x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 5x = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 15 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 75 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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