A right triangle has one angle that measures 15°. What is the measure of the other acute angle?

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-05T05:43:14

#75^@#

A triangle's three interior angles will add up to #180^@#. Since it's a right angle, that means one angle is #90^@# and the other is given as #15^@#.

Therefore,

#90+x+15=180 #

So

#x= 180-90-15#

#x=75#

The acute angle is #75^@#.