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Definitions of the Trigonometric Functions of an Acute Angle

Before defining the TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS, we must see how to relate the angles and sides of a right triangle. A right triangle is composed of a right angle, the angle at C (90 degree, the symbol is small square), and two acute angles, which are angles less than a right angle.  It is conventional to label the acute angles with Greek letters but for simplicity I will just use English alphabet. For the given figure above the said acute...