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What is the measure of the angle [math]\alpha[/math] so that the opposite leg is half the hypotenuse?
What is the measure of the angle [math]\alpha[/math] so that the adjacent leg is half the hypotenuse?
What is the measure of the angle [math]\alpha[/math] so that tan[math]\alpha[/math]=1? Why is thi so?