A right triangle has one angle that measures 46°. What is the measure of the other acute angle?

Answer 1

Hi Norah,

The sum of all the angles in any triangle is 180 °. Also a right angle has a measure of 90°.

For this problem, we can write and solve the following equation for x (which would represent the measure of the missing angle):

90° + 46° + x = 180°

136° + x = 180°

136° + x - 136° = 180° - 136°

x = 44°

The missing angle would be 44°