The angle between the horizontal and the diagonal of a box with width 1 and
height .5 is
arctan(.5/1) = 26.56505117
The *sine* of 30 is 1/2. Not the tangent. If the *diagonal* had a length of
1, and the box had a height of .5, then the angle would be 30 degrees.
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