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a right trangle has one angle that measures 70 what is the measure of the other acute angle in the triangle

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Answer:

20

Explanation:

We know that the interior angle measures of a triangle are 180, and we are told that this is a right triangle.

Since we know the measure of two angles, we just have to do basic math:

180=90+70+x

solve for x (which equals 20) to get the measure of your acute angle

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