There is a right angled triangle with sides of 5cm, 12cm and 13cm. What is the size of the smallest angle?

By the sine rule, sin-1(5/13)=22.6 degrees.Equally, by the cos-1(12/13)=tan1(5/12)=22.6 degrees.

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