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What is the measure of each of the equal angles of a right-angled isosceles triangle?

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In a right isosceles triangle, one angle is a right angle and the the other two angles are equal.
Let the equal angles measure x.

Now, x+x+90°=180° (Angle sum property)2x =180°-90°x=45°

Thus, the equal angles of the right isosceles triangle measure 45o​.

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