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In triangle ΔXYZ, angle Y measures 90°. If , what is the measure of angle Z?
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Yeah Whoa Okay S eighty minutes Shmoop ear's in triangle
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X y Z angle Why measures ninety degrees Right angle
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there Yeah If co sign of Z is a half
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what's the measure of Angles E In this crazy mathematical
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world of ours there are three types of special right
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triangles The first has special side such as a three
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four five triangle Well the second has special angles This
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questionnaire first to one of the two special right triangles
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with special angles either thirty sixty ninety or a forty
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five forty five ninety one right that I saw Sally's
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flavour Well it's helpful to know their side proportion So
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here they are Okay well since the co signed value
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and the problem has no square rooted to the answer
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is related to a thirty sixty ninety triangle draw One
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label sides X Y n z and make sure why
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is the right angle Well the coast sign of an
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angle is the length of the adjacent leg divided by
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the hop hot news we're given co sign a Z
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and the leg Jason toe angles E is y Z
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So let's just label those and the high pot news
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I will look at this alongside the example triangle right
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here They look like they've got a whole lot in
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common but the main point is the acts which is
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equivalent toe y Z with length of one right there
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Well the angle opposite that side is thirty degrees This
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thing right That thirty Well but is not the answer
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The problem wants angles E which is one eighty minus
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ninety minute thirty Which his sixty degrees That's angles e
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O and wait We forgot all about that third type
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of special triangle Yeah about that There isn't one You
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were trying to set up a joke using the old
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rule of threes but we're tapped out of comedy here 00:01:38.58 --> [endTime] so just that's it It's c bye Hello
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