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Find a group of 3

Have your tallest group member stand up against the wall and measure their height.
Have your shortest person lay on the floor and have their head against the wall and their feet
sticking away from the wall.
Then measure the distance from the top of the tallest person down to the end of the shortest
persons head.
Then measure the person laying on the floor from head to toe.

Given: the angle connecting the tallest person and the shortest person is a right angle.
Now answer these questions:
Identify the sides and the hypotenuse.
Find the angle created by the hypotenuse and the end of the shortest person.
Find the angle created by the tallest person and the hypotenuse.
Then draw your triangle on the board and label the sides.

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