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How can an angle be used to determine the length of each side of a right triangle?
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∙ 14y ago
Trigonometry is the branch of mathematics that deals with right triangles, and given TWO pieces of information (a side and an angle or two sides), you can calculate everything else about that triangle. (Note that having only two ANGLES does NOT provide enough information to calculate the length of the sides though...)
Check out these articles for a simple free tool and tutorial that will make trig simple enough for ANYBODY to do!
http://www.ehow.com/how_5227490_pass-mind-part-unknown-sides.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_5428511_pass-part-ii-unknown-angles.html
NON right angles can be calculated using the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines.
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How can you determine that it is an acute triangle?
there will be a right angle in the triangle.
How do you determine if a triangle is a right angle?
If one of the angles in a triangle is exactly 90 degrees, then it is a right-angle triangle.
How long must a right triangle be?
It can be any length; a right angle triangle just needs to include a right angle somewhere. But length has nothing to do with whether it is a right angle or not.
What is the formula to find the length of a right angle triangle?
By using Pythagoras' theorem for a right angle triangle.
What does right isosceles mean?
An isosceles triangle is a triangle that has two sides of equal length. A right triangle has an interior angle of 90 degrees. A right isosceles triangle has both characteristics. The 90 degree angle will be the angle formed by the sides of equal length.
How do you determine that the triangle is a right triangle?
If a triangle has a right angle, it is a right triangle.
How can you determine that it is an acute triangle?
there will be a right angle in the triangle.
How do you determine if a triangle is a right angle?
If one of the angles in a triangle is exactly 90 degrees, then it is a right-angle triangle.
How long must a right triangle be?
It can be any length; a right angle triangle just needs to include a right angle somewhere. But length has nothing to do with whether it is a right angle or not.
What is the formula to find the length of a right angle triangle?
By using Pythagoras' theorem for a right angle triangle.
What is a right scalent triangle?
A right scalent triangle is a triangle with a right angle and no sides equal in length.
A triangle with 2 equal sides but no right angle?
a triangle with two sides the same length and no right angle
What right triangle has legs of equal length?
It's not possible to have a right angle triangle with sides of equal length. The sides on a right angle triangle are always in the ratio 3:4:5.
What does right isosceles mean?
An isosceles triangle is a triangle that has two sides of equal length. A right triangle has an interior angle of 90 degrees. A right isosceles triangle has both characteristics. The 90 degree angle will be the angle formed by the sides of equal length.
What triangle has all sides the same length and has a right angle?
equilateral right triangle
What triangle has one right angle and two sides the same length?
An isoceles triangle has two angles that are the same length with the third being different. It can be a right angle or another angle. or it's also called a Right Isosceles triangle.
What is right angle triangle and isoceles triangle?
A right angle triangle is a triangle with an angle 90 degrees. An isosceles triangle is a triangle with two or more equal angles/ length of lines. An equilateral triangle can also be an isosceles triangle.
