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Given a right triangle ACT, indicate the opposite side and the adjacent side for < c

Given a right triangle ACT, indicate the opposite side and the adjacent side for &lt-example-1

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Reference angle is angle C

AT is the opposite side as this leg is not adjacent to angle C (or put another way, point C is nowhere to be found in AT)

AC is the adjacent leg because angle C is part of this segment. It is next to or touching the segment, hence the name "adjacent"

side note: CT is the hypotenuse and always the longest side of the right triangle. It is opposite the largest angle (90 degrees) of this triangle.

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