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I need help with this: If_the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 10 units\r\n" );
document.write( "and the legs are 5 and 5Ö3 units, what are the sin, cos, and tan of\r\n" );
document.write( "the smallest angle? \r\n" );
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document.write( "              A       BC = 5 is the shortest side, so the angle it is   \r\n" );
document.write( "             /|       opposite is the smallest angle. So we want ÐA \r\n" );
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document.write( "         10/  |5Ö3                side opposite ÐA      BC     5      1\r\n" );
document.write( "          /   |        sin(ÐA) = ——————————————————— = ———— = ———— = ——— \r\n" );
document.write( "         /   _|                       hypotenuse        AB     10     2\r\n" );
document.write( "       B/___|_|C                                                 _      _\r\n" );
document.write( "           5                      side adjacent ÐA      AC     5Ö3     Ö3\r\n" );
document.write( "                       cos(ÐA) = ——————————————————— = ———— = ————— = ————\r\n" );
document.write( "                                      hypotenuse        AB      10      2\r\n" );
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document.write( "                                  side opposite ÐA      BC      5       1\r\n" );
document.write( "                       tan(ÐA) = ——————————————————— = ———— = ————— = ————\r\n" );
document.write( "                                  side adjacent ÐA      AC     5Ö3     Ö3\r\n" );
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document.write( "Your teacher may want you to rationalize the denominator of the tangent.\r\n" );
document.write( "If so,                      _      _\r\n" );
document.write( "                     1     Ö3     Ö3\r\n" );
document.write( "         tan(ÐA) = ———— × ———— = ———— \r\n" );
document.write( "                    Ö3     Ö3      3\r\n" );
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