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1-138.

A right triangle has legs of lengths  and .

  1. Find the measure of the angle opposite the shorter side.

    Make a sketch. What is the angle opposite the shorter side? What trig function involves this angle and the opposite and ajacent sides of it?

    Right triangle, A B C, horizontal leg, A B, labeled 4, vertical leg, B C, labeled 7 .

  2. Find the measure of the angle opposite the longer side.

    Follow a similar process as (a) above.