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Help me please. I don't need work shown, just the answer. Thanks.

Help me please. I don't need work shown, just the answer. Thanks.-example-1

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Bazanarina, this is the solution:

Shorter acute angle = x

Larger acute angle = 4x + 10

Now, let's recall that in a right triangle, the two acute angles add up to 90.

Thus, we have:

x + 4x + 10 = 90

5x + 10 = 90

Subtracting 10 at both sides:

5x + 10 - 10 = 90 - 10

5x = 80

Dividing by 5 at both sides:

5x/5 = 80/5

x = 16 (This is the value of the shorter angle)

Now, let's calculate the measure of the larger acute angle:

4x + 10 = 4 * 16 + 10 = 74

The correct answer is A.

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