Question

the measurement of one angle of a right angle is 42 degrees what is the measurement of the third angle

Answer 1

The angles of a triangle all add up to 180°. In fact, it can be generalized that the sum of the interior angles of an n-sided polygon is equal to 180°(n–2). 

A right triangle must have a right angle, which is equal to 90°. If the other angle is 42°, that means that we can find the third angle by subtracting 90° + 42° from 180°.

x = 180° – (90° + 42°) = 48°