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Plane trigonometry is a branch of mathematics that studies relationships involving lengths and angles of triangles.

It comes from the Greek words "trignon" which means "triangle" and "metron" which means "measure".
Hipparchus, credited with compiling the first trigonometric table, is known as "the father of trigonometry".
Angle is the amount of turn between two straight lines that have a common end point (the vertex).
Kinds of Angle

An angle equal to 90 or PI/2 radians is called a right angle.

Angles that are not right angles or a multiple of a right angle are called oblique angles.

Angles smaller than a right angle (less than 90) are called acute angles ("acute" meaning "sharp").

Angles larger than a right angle and smaller than a straight angle (between 90 and 180) are called obtuse angles ("obtuse" meaning "blunt").

Two angles that sum to one right angle (90) are called complementary angles.

Two angles that sum to a straight angle (180) are called supplementary angles.

Two angles that sum to a full circle (360) are called explementary angles or conjugate angles.

An angle equal to 180 or two right angles is called straight angle.

A triangle is a polygon with three edges and three vertices sometimes (but not very commonly) called the trigon. The three angles always add to 180.
Pythagorean Theorem is a relation in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle. It states that the square of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the
right angle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. The theorem can be written as an equation relating the lengths of the sides a, b and c, often called
the "Pythagorean equation": a^2 + b^2 = c^2 , where c represents the length of the hypotenuse and a and b the lengths of the triangle's other two sides.

Kinds of Triangle
Triangles that tell how many sides (or angles) are equal:
Scalene Triangle
No equal sides
No equal angles
Equilateral Triangle
Three equal sides
Three equal angles, always 60
Triangles that tell the type of angle inside:

Isosceles Triangle
Two equal sides
Two equal angles

Acute Triangle
All angles are less than 90

Right Triangle
Has a right angle (90)

Obtuse Triangle
Has an angle more than 90

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