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Explain why two acute angles in a right triangle have to be complementary

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A triangle's total angles have to equal 180.

Why? Otherwise it wont be a triangle.


Given that you have a right angle, that's already 90 of 180, meaning you have to split the last 90 between the last two sides.

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