In a right triangle, the acute angles measure 2x + 50 and 3x degrees. What is the measure of the smallest angle of the triangle?
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Because vertical angles are always equal, we want to solve .
We can add 10 to both sides to get .
We can subtract from both sides to get
.
Lastly, we divide both sides by 20 to get .
So, and we're done!
The check is left as an exercise to the reader.