Expert: Paul Klarreich - 2/17/2008

Question
in rigth triangle XYZ, one angle =70 degrees. what is the measure of the smallest angle?

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Questioner:   kelvin
Category:  Advanced Math
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Subject:  geometric conversion
Question:  in rigth triangle XYZ, one angle =70 degrees. what is the measure of the smallest angle?
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Hi, Kelvin,

You know what they say in real estate, don't you?  The three most important words are: LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.

In math, the three most important words are: VOCABULARY, VOCABULARY, VOCABULARY.  If you don't know what the words mean, you can't do anything.  So let's use vocabulary:

Your question:
In right triangle XYZ, one angle =70 degrees. what is the measure of the smallest angle?

BTW, please PROOFREAD.  If you don't take your own question seriously enough to fix errors, why should I take your question seriously?

Vocabulary: {Look it up in your geometry book.}  A right triangle is a triangle containing an angle of 90 deg.  So let's use VOCABULARY to rewrite your question:

In triangle XYZ, which contains an angle of 90 degrees, and one angle =70 degrees. what is the measure of the smallest angle?

That, along with the fact that the sum of the angles is 180, kind of does it, right?