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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please help. @OOOPS

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Write an indirect proof proving the two non-right angles of a right triangle measure less than 90°.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is an indirect proof?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

That is indirect.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

we don't have any concrete value of angles, that is indirect proof

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if I say A =40, B = 50 that is direct

OpenStudy (misty1212):

hi! actually an indirect proof means something like a proof by contradiction

OpenStudy (anonymous):

:)

OpenStudy (misty1212):

you might assume that the sum of the two angles is larger than 90, and arrive a a simple contradiction

OpenStudy (misty1212):

the contradiction would be what @OOOPS wrote above, the sum of the three angles would then be larger than 180 degrees, and that is the contradiction

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