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In the 3-4-5 triangle, the right angle is, of course, 90 degrees. The other two angles are always 53.13 degrees (opposite the 4 side) and 36.87 degrees (opposite the 3 side)true or false

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Answer: False.

In a 3-4-5 triangle, the right angle is always 90 degrees, and the side opposite the right angle is the longest side, which has a length of 5. The other two sides are 3 and 4 units long.

To find the angles of a triangle, you can use trigonometric functions. In this case, we can use the inverse tangent (arctan) function to find the measure of each angle.

The angle opposite the side of length 4 is given by:

arctan(3/4) ≈ 36.87 degrees

The angle opposite the side of length 3 is given by:

arctan(4/3) ≈ 53.13 degrees

Therefore, the statement that the other two angles in a 3-4-5 triangle are always 53.13 degrees (opposite the 4 side) and 36.87 degrees (opposite the 3 side) is true, but the statement implies that the angles are fixed regardless of which side is opposite the right angle, which is not the case.

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