Question #1 if angle a measures 40 degrees, what does the angle between a and b measure? . question #2 if angle a measures 55 degrees, what does the angle between a and b measure? .

I'm going to take it from A to B where B is on the horizontal aqua line

A to C is what I think measures 40o. If you go from B horizontally to your right, about 1/2 a unit, you will come to A right above that point. The vertical distance from that new point to A is about 4 units. It's very hard to tell. You could try using a ruler. My ruler gives 4 1/2 cm. Then the horizontal distance is about 0.7 of a cm.

Assuming I'm right, then the Tan of B to A = opposite / adjacent

Tan B = 4.5 / 0.7 = 6.4286

B = tan-1(6.4286)

B = 81.158 degrees.

Again there really is no way to interpret what is meant. A is 55 measured against what? I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave 2 because I have no idea how to reconcile the numbers. Maybe Mathmate or Squaredance knows. I'll leave a note.

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individuals should refuse to cooperate with institutions they believe unjust.

thoreau felt  that governments were more often agents of corruption than justice, even democracies, and that just because the majority feels a certain way does not make it just or correct in absolute terms. he uses the fact that slavery exists in our democracy to support this idea.

he goes on to say that, as a result, people should live true to their own internal laws regarding right and wrong, as a product of reflection and a moral life, rather than following every law that society imposes. 

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