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document.write( "For very thin right triangles, the adjacent side and the hypotenuse\r\n" );
document.write( "are very nearly the same, so the opposite/hypotenuse is very close to\r\n" );
document.write( "the opposite/adjacent.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To elaborate on the other tutor's answer,\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by \r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by \r\n" );
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document.write( "When  is very near to zero, the right side  is \r\n" );
document.write( "very near to 1, since  = 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "so the ratio of the sine to the tangent is very near to 1, which means\r\n" );
document.write( "they are nearly equal.\r\n" );
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