document.write( "Question 520609: the measure of one acute angle in a right triangle is 1 1/4 times the measure of the other acute angle. What is the measure of the larger acute angle? \n" ); document.write( "
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the measure of one acute angle in a right triangle is 1 1/4 times the measure of the other acute angle. What is the measure of the larger acute angle?
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\n" ); document.write( "x + y = 90
\n" ); document.write( "x = (1 1/4)y
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\n" ); document.write( "Substitute and solve for \"y\":
\n" ); document.write( "(5/4)y + y = 90
\n" ); document.write( "(9/4)y = 90
\n" ); document.write( "(1/4)y = 10
\n" ); document.write( "y = 40 degrees
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\n" ); document.write( "Solve for \"x\":
\n" ); document.write( "x + y = 90
\n" ); document.write( "x + 40 = 90
\n" ); document.write( "x = 50 degrees (larger acute angle)
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\n" ); document.write( "Cueers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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