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In the adjoining figure, line segment `PA, PB` and `PC` are drawn from point P to line XY. Here PB is perpendicular to XY.
(i) What is the nature of the angles formed by line segment PA and PC from XY ?
(ii) Which line segment is the smallest in the segment PA, PB and PC ?

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(i) acute angle (ii) PB
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