Consider a right triangle whose two short sides have lengths of 5 and 12 feet, respectively. Then the smallest angle in that triangle is ___.

Answer:the smallest angle in that triangle is 22.62 degrees

Step-by-step explanation:

The two short sides of the right angle triangle given have lengths of 5 and 12 feet respectively.

The two short sides of the right angle triangle are the opposite side and adjacent side. Therefore, the opposite and adjacent sides are 5 feet and 12 feet. To determine the smallest angle, we would apply trigonometric ratio. Therefore

Tan# = opposite side / adjacent side.

Tan # = 5/12 = 0.4167

# = Tan^-1 (0.4167) = 22.62 degrees