Scott's sailboat uses sails that are right triangles. If the angle at the top of the sail is one-fifth the measure of the angle at the bottom of the sail (not the right angle), what is the measure of the top angle? 15° 72° O 75° O 18°

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Scott's sailboat uses sails that are right triangles. If the angle at the top of the sail is one-fifth the measure of the angle at the
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