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Imagine the dot starts at the point $(1,0)$ and turns
anticlockwise.
Estimate the height of the dot above the horizontal axis after it
has turned through $45^\circ$.
Estimate the angle that the dot needs to turn in order to be
exactly $0.5$ units above the horizontal axis.
Show how you can use Pythagoras' Theorem to calculate the height of
the dot above the horizontal axis after it has turned through
$45^\circ$.
Again, without resorting to Trigonometry, calculate the height of
the dot above the horizontal axis after it has turned through
$30^\circ$ and $60^\circ$?
Are there any other angles for which you can calculate the height
of the dot above the horizontal axis?