document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=136211>Question 136211</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780395977279/algebrahomeworkh>geometry</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am not having that much difficulty with Geometry, basically I am new to it. I tend to get in some trouble with it, when it comes to solving the equation. With this it says:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "*If x and 3x-10 represant the measure of the acute angles of a right triangle, find the value of x.*<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Please help me, Thank You=) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #99763 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=99763\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of the measures of the interior angles of any triangle is 180 degrees.  If it is a right triangle, one of the angles has to measure 90 degrees, so the sum of the measures of the two acute angles must be 180 minus 90 = 90 degrees.  You are given that the measures of these two angles are x and 3x-10, so we can say that:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:  One of the angles is 25, the other is 3(25)-10 = 65\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "25 + 65 = 90 </SPAN>\n" );
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