Thanks anon
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I always start these with an equilateral triangle of side length 2. Angles will be 60 degrees
I then put in a height which will split the base in half.
Now you have 2 right angled triangles with hypotenuse=2 and base is 1 unit
using Pythagoras you can easily determine that the height is $${\sqrt{{\mathtt{3}}}}$$ units.
The angles in each one will be 90,60 and 30 degrees.
now you can see that sin(30) = 1/2
I draw this either on paper or in my head EVERY time.