&the triangle is a right triangle. Does that mean all of the angles equal 90 degrees?
"Use your calculator to find tan 59. Use the resource page provided by your teacher and follow the instructions below to help you find out why that value appeared.
a) Each of you will work with a different size right triangle with a 59 angle at A. What are the measures of the other two angles?"
2007-02-07 15:57:11 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
A right triangle contains a 90° angle. The 3 angles add up to 180°. So if one is 59°, the other acute angle is 31°.
2007-02-07 16:08:38 · answer #1 · answered by Philo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a right triangle, so one of the other angles must equal 90° that leaves the third angle which must equal
90 - 59 = 31°
2007-02-08 00:12:00 · answer #2 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋