SOLUTION: Suppose you have a right triangle whose hypotenuse has length 8. One of the other sides has length 5. Then the smaller of the two acute angles is degrees and the larger acute angl

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Question 461286: Suppose you have a right triangle whose hypotenuse has length 8. One of the other sides has length 5. Then the smaller of the two acute angles is degrees and the larger acute angle is degrees

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The third side of the triangle is which is a little more than 6. Hence the small angle is opposite the side that measures 5.

The small angle is then

The larger angle is then

Make sure you set your calculator for degrees instead of radians.

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