SOLUTION: One angle of a right triangle measures 56°. What is the measure of the other acute angle?

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Question 1197420: One angle of a right triangle measures 56°. What is the measure of the other acute angle?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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recall that the sum of all angles in any triangle is 180°
since you have right triangle, the measure of one angle is 90° and the sum of measure of the other two acute angles is 90°
so if one angle of a right triangle measures 56°,then the measure of the other acute angle is 90-56=34°