MHB Triangle: calculate angle between raised height and angle follower

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The discussion focuses on calculating the angle between the raised height and the angle follower in a right-angled triangle, where one angle is 50º and the right angle is 90º. The angles in the triangle are confirmed to be 90º, 50º, and 40º. The angle bisector from the right angle to the hypotenuse splits the 90º angle into two 45º angles, leading to the conclusion that the unknown angle between the two lines is 5º.

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One sharp corner of a right-angled triangle is 50º. Calculate the angle between the raised height and the angle follower at right angles.
So I know that the angles are 90º, 50º and 40º. How do I find the angle between the raised height and angle follower?
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I don't know what you mean by "angle follower". Trying to google it I get a lot of hits on 'cams' that don't seem to have anything to do with this problem.
 
One of the lines is angle bisector and the other is a line drawn from the 90º corner to the hypotenuse.
 
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One of the lines is angle bisector and the other is a line drawn from the 90º corner to the hypotenuse.

The sum of the angles in a triangle is 180º.
So γ = 180º - α - β = 180º - 50º - 40º = 90º.
Its angle bisector (if that is what it is, although I kind of doubt it when looking at the drawing) would therefore be 45º. (Thinking)
 
I have to draw a line from the 90º corner to the hypotenuse c, which fill split the triangle into bisectors. After that I have to draw a new line from the same 90º corner to the hypotenuse height line, and I have to calculate the angle between these two lines. If this makes it clearer..
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I have to find the angle where green "?" is, knowing only that one corner is 50º. But since it's a right-angled triangle then we know that one of the corners is 90º.
 

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I have to draw a line from the 90º corner to the hypotenuse c, which fill split the triangle into bisectors. After that I have to draw a new line from the same 90º corner to the hypotenuse height line, and I have to calculate the angle between these two lines. If this makes it clearer..

I have to find the angle where green "?" is, knowing only that one corner is 50º. But since it's a right-angled triangle then we know that one of the corners is 90º.

The angle $\gamma$ of 90º is split into 3 smaller angles.
We already know that the top one is 40º.
So if the new line is an angle bisector (which is not clear from the drawing), it bisects $\gamma$ into 2 angles of 45º each.
It means that the unknown angle in between is 5º.
 
Thank you, I think I got it now!
 

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