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HELP PLEASE A triangle has a 90 degree angle, and the other two interior angles are congruent. Explain how to find the measure of one of the two congruent angles.

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180-90=90°
them being congruent makes them equal 90/2=45°
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45 degrees. A triangle has 180 degrees minus 90 gives you 90. If the two are congruent then just split the answer in half, which gives you 45.
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