The measure of one of the small angles of a right triangle is 15 less than twice the measure of the other small angle. Find the measure of both angles.

We have the measure of both angles as  55 degrees and 35 degrees

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that there are three angles in a right-angled triangle. One of which is 90. FOr now, the other two are unknown, so we would designate them to be x and y.

We now set up an equation using the information we are given about the problem.

From this statement "The measure of one of the small angles of a right triangle is 15 less than twice the measure of the other small angle." we can set up the following equation:

x =2y -15 equation 1

similarly, we know that the sum of angles in a triangle = 180 degrees. Hence, we can use this to set up another equation as follows:

x + y + 90 = 180

x+ y = 90 equation 2

we can now solve the two equations simultaneously as

x -2y =-15

x+ y = 90

from this, we have that

x = 55 and y = 35

We have the measure of both angles as  55 degrees and 35 degrees

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