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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "60 degrees does not equal the square root of 3. The sine of 60 degrees is

. Draw yourself a 30-60-90 right triangle with a hypotenuse that measures 1 unit. Then the short leg is one-half of the hypotenuse and using the Pythagorean Theorem you can calculate for yourself that the long leg is

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and you chose the hypotenuse to have a measure of 1 unit,

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