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The angle measure between your thumb and index finger when your hand is shaped like an "L" is about
90
.

How do the angle measures between your other fingers compare to this angle measure? Is the angle measure larger or smaller? Half as big?

Draw the 90 angle between your thumb and index finger. Sketch an angle with half that measure. Use your sketch to estimate the measures of the other angles.

Ratio Hand

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