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Why is the cos of 60 degrees 0.5?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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Because if you construct a right triangle in which the acute angles are 30° and 60°,

you'll find that the side adjacent to the 60° angle is 1/2 the length of the hypotenuse,

which is how you apply the definition of the cosine.

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