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One angle of a right triangle measures 31º. What is the measure of the other acute angle

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59 degrees :)))) hope this helps.
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A triangle is 180 degrees in total but since you know 2 angles, 31 and 90 because a right triangle has a 90 degree angle, therefore you are able to solve for the missing angle by: 180=90+31+x so 180-121=x
x=59
The missing angle is 59 degrees.
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