wow... i am drawing the triangle wrong, aren't I?

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<p>In right triangle ABC (not shown), AngleBAC measures 90 degrees. If AC = 3 and BC = 6, then what is the degree measure of AngleB?</p>

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I know it must be something stupid…</p>

<p>answer is 30 (because of 30-60-90)</p>

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<p>It’s 30 degrees, since this is a 30-60-90 special right triangle.
remember? 30-60-90 x-xsqrt3-2x.
You can see this is so because 6 is 2 times 3.</p>

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<p>shiomi’s right, it is a special right triangle, therefore the answer is 30</p>

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<p>But, I thought that the hypotenuse is always the biggest side?</p>

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<p>^The hypotenuse is the biggest side…
Which is why the side length of 6 corresponds with the 90 degree angle and the 3 corresponds with the 30 degree angle and the 3*sqrt3 corresponds with the 60 degree angle.</p>