The measure of one of the small angles of a right triangle is 26 more than 3 times the measure of the other small angle. Find the measure of both angles.

Answer 1

let the smallest angle be x
then the next smallest angle is 3x+26

You know in a right-angled triangle the two smaller angles must add up to 90° , so
x + 3x+26 = 90

solve for x ....