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the measures of two acute angles of a right triangle differ by 22 degrees. find the measure of each angle.

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In a right triangle, one of the angles measures 90 degrees, and the other two angles are acute angles that add up to 90 degrees. Let's call the measures of the two acute angles x and y.

We know that x and y differ by 22 degrees. So we can set up an equation:

x - y = 22

We also know that x + y = 90, since the two acute angles add up to 90 degrees.

Now we can solve this system of equations for x and y. One way to do this is to add the two equations together, which eliminates y:

x - y + x + y = 22 + 90

2x = 112

x = 56

Now we can substitute x = 56 into one of the equations to find y:

x + y = 90

56 + y = 90

y = 34

Therefore, the measures of the two acute angles of the right triangle are 56 degrees and 34 degrees.

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