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    Every triangle depicted in the rectangle has: (1) rational angle measures (in degrees) and (2) side lengths each containing at most one square root (rationals or quadratic irrationals) Every right triangle satisfying (1) and (2) is similar to one depicted. The rectangle permits one to readily solve for the side lengths in a 15-75-90 triangle.

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    Every triangle depicted in the rectangle has: (1) rational angle measures (in degrees) and (2) side lengths each containing at most one square root (rationals or quadratic irrationals) Every right triangle satisfying (1) and (2) is similar to one depicted. The rectangle permits one to readily solve for the side lengths in a 15-75-90 triangle.

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    Every triangle depicted in the rectangle has: (1) rational angle measures (in degrees) and (2) side lengths each containing at most one square root (rationals or quadratic irrationals) Every right triangle satisfying (1) and (2) is similar to one depicted. The rectangle permits one to readily solve for the side lengths in a 15-75-90 triangle.

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    Ailles Rectangle
    (pronounced ALES, like the drinks) Notes: Pictured above is Doug Ailles original rectangle1. The rectangle permits one to readily solve for the side lengths in a 157590 triangle. Every triangle depicted in the Ailles rectangle has: (1) rational angle measures (in degrees equivalently rational multiples of in radians) and (2) side lengths each containing at most one square root (rationals or quadratic irrationals). Every right triangle satisfying (1) and (2) is similar to one depicted in the Ailles rectangle2 !
    1D.S. Ailles, Triangles and trigonometry, Mathematics Teacher 64 (1971) 562. 2J.S. Calcut, Grade school triangles, American Mathematical Monthly 117 (2010) 673685;

    available at http://www.oberlin.edu/faculty/jcalcut/papers.htm.

    Jack S. Calcut Oberlin College October 2010 jack.calcut@oberlin.edu

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