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document.write( "\"sine=opposite%2Fhypotenuse\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"cosine=adjacent%2Fhypotenuse\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"tangent=opposite%2Fadjacent\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"secant=hypotenus%2Fadjacent\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"cosecant=hypotenuse%2Fopposite\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"cotangent=adjacent%2Fopposite\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Explanation:\r\n" );
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document.write( "In this right triangle:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Observe the following facts about the right triangle above:\r\n" );
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document.write( "AB is the hypotenuse, which is across\r\n" );
document.write( "the triangle from the right angle.\r\n" );
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document.write( "BC, the side opposite angle A, is the\r\n" );
document.write( "side that is across the triangle from angle A.\r\n" );
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document.write( "AC, the side opposite angle B is the\r\n" );
document.write( "side that is across the triangle from angle B.\r\n" );
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document.write( "BC, the side opposite angle A is \r\n" );
document.write( "the same side that is adjacent angle B.\r\n" );
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document.write( "AC, the side adjacent angle A is \r\n" );
document.write( "the same side that is opposite angle B.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The definitions of the trigonometric ratios are\r\n" );
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