Solution:
According to the question, 2π/5 radians is the difference between two acute angles of a given right-angled triangle.
We know that
π rad = 180°
In terms of degrees, we can write => 1 rad = 180°/ π
here, the angle is 2π/5
So, using the above relation we have:
(2π/5 × 180/ π) o
Putting the value of π = 22/7 in above equation, we get:
$ =\left( 2\times 22/\left( 7\times 5 \right)\times 180/22\times 7 \right) $
$ =\left( 2/5\text{ }\times \text{ }180 \right)\text{ }{}^\circ $
$ =72{}^\circ $
Let the measure of one acute angle be x°. Then the other acute angle will be 90° – x°.
Therefore, we can write:
$ x{}^\circ -\left( 90{}^\circ -x{}^\circ \right)=72{}^\circ $
$ 2x{}^\circ -90{}^\circ =72{}^\circ $
$ 2x{}^\circ =72{}^\circ +90{}^\circ $
$ 2x{}^\circ =162{}^\circ $
$ x{}^\circ =162{}^\circ /\text{ }2 $
$ x{}^\circ \text{ }=\text{ }81{}^\circ $
$ 90{}^\circ -x{}^\circ \text{ }=\text{ }90{}^\circ -81{}^\circ $
$ 90{}^\circ -x{}^\circ =\text{ }9{}^\circ $
Therefore, the acute angles are 81o and 9o