SOLUTION: if one acute angle in a right angled triangle is double the other then prove that the hypotenuse is double the shortest side

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Question 645439: if one acute angle in a right angled triangle is double the other then prove that the hypotenuse is double the shortest side
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if one acute angle in a right angled triangle is double the other then prove that the hypotenuse is double the shortest side
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It's the 30-60-90 triangle.
sin(30) = 0.5 --> a/c = 0.5
c = 2a