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Several students are each asked to draw a right triangle with a ruler and protractor but are not given any other measures. Will all of the right triangles they draw be identical? Why or why not?

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No, the right triangles they draw will not necessarily be identical. A right triangle has one angle that measures 90 degrees. The other two angles can have different measures as long as their sum is 90 degrees. This means that there are an infinite number of possible right triangles with different side lengths and angle measures. So even if all the students use a ruler and protractor to draw a right triangle, their triangles could still have different side lengths and angle measures.

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