Need help with a triangle's length side/ angle relation.

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Hello.
I am trying to wrap my head around where from did he got the x = sin of theta equation at the 32:44 mark of the video: .
Isn't sine of theta x over the hypotenuse in the diagram ?
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Dyatlov said:
Isn't sine of theta x over the hypotenuse in the diagram ?
Yes it is, and the length of the hypotenuse (=the pendulum arm) seems to be 1.