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For a right triangle, what happens to the value of sine as the angle increases?​

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In a right triangle, as the angle increases, the value of the sine increases.

Explanation:

Think of the unit circle, a circle with radius 1 unit centered at the origin which is the point with coordinates (0, 0). Draw a radius of the circle from the center, to point (1, 0) on the positive x-axis. The angle formed by this radius and the positive x-axis is 0 degrees. This is an angle in standard position. The endpoint of the radius on the circle has a y-coordinate. The y-coordinate is the sine of the angle. As you choose points on the circle going up from the positive x-axis, the angle formed by the radius connected to the point on the circle and the positive x-axis increases in measure until it coincides with the positive y-axis, where it has a measure of 90 degrees. The sine of the angle is always the y-coordinate of the point on the circle. As the angle increases from 0 to 90 degrees, the y-coordinate increases from 0 to 1. The acute angles of a right triangle can have measures of only between 0 and 90 degrees.

Answer: In a right triangle, as the angle increases, the value of the sine increases.

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