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How do you use the altitude to find the length of a right angle?
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If 2 sides are known then use Pythagoras' theorem to find the 3rd side of a right angle triangle.
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What is the formula to find the length of a right angle triangle?
By using Pythagoras' theorem for a right angle triangle.
How would you find the distance between thes bases if the right angle is the length of about 127.3 h?
a right angle or any other angle does not have a length. your question cannot be answered.
How do you find the length of the altitude to the base when an isosceles triangle has the base nagles of 30 degrees and base measures 12?
An isosceles triangle can be considered as two right angle triangles joined together so use the tangent ratio to find its altitude: tan30 degrees = opp/6 (where opp is the altitude and 6 is half the base) 6*tan30 degrees = 3.464101615 units of measurement
How do you find the length of an hypotenuse?
If it's a right angle triangle then use Pythagoras' theorem.
How do you find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with the legs of 12 and 14?
By using Pythagoras; theorem for a right angle triangle.
How do you find the length of a right angle?
the angle is an angle and therefore doesn't have a length. If you want to find the length of the hypotenuse - the leg across from the right angle - it is the square-root of the other two legs each squared.
What is the length of altitude drawn to the hypotenuse of a triangle with given sides of 7 and 21?
If it's a right angle triangle then use Pythagoras' theorem to find the 3rd side
The length of one side of an equilateral triangle is 11 Find the length of the altitude?
each angle is 60 degrees. If you know trigonometry sin 60 = Altitude/length of side (from Pythagoras) A = 9.526 inch Or, from Pythagoras theorem 5.5 squared + Altitude squared = 11 squared Altitude = 9.526
What is the formula to find the length of a right angle triangle?
By using Pythagoras' theorem for a right angle triangle.
How do you find the length of hypotenuse when the right triangle has an altitude?
All triangles have an altitude. In fact they all have three of them. Whether or not they have an altitude, the important thing when trying to determine the length of the hypotenuse is what information you have on the lengths of the sides. Altitudes, medians can help determine the lengths of sides, as can angles. You need a minimum of 3 pieces of information. There is only one in the question: the fact that the triangle has a right angle.
How would you find the distance between thes bases if the right angle is the length of about 127.3 h?
a right angle or any other angle does not have a length. your question cannot be answered.
How do you find the measures of a right angle with length and width shown?
A right angle is always 90 degrees. Another Answer:- If you mean the length of the hypotenuse then use Pythagoras' theorem which is applicable to right angle triangles
How do you find the length of the altitude to the base when an isosceles triangle has the base nagles of 30 degrees and base measures 12?
An isosceles triangle can be considered as two right angle triangles joined together so use the tangent ratio to find its altitude: tan30 degrees = opp/6 (where opp is the altitude and 6 is half the base) 6*tan30 degrees = 3.464101615 units of measurement
How do you find the length of an hypotenuse?
If it's a right angle triangle then use Pythagoras' theorem.
How do you find the altitude of a triangle?
altitude(height)=(Area * 2) /length(Base)
How do you find the angle of a right triangle with the length of two legs?
-- Like every triangle, a right triangle has three interior angles.-- Unlike any other triangle, one of the angles in a right triangle is a right angle.The other two are both acute angles.-- One acute angle is the angle whose cosine is length of one leg / length of hypotenuse-- Other acute angle is the angle whose sine is length of the same leg / length of the hypotenuse-- The length of the hypotenuse is the square root of [ (length of one leg)2 + length of other leg)2 ]
How do you find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with the legs of 12 and 14?
By using Pythagoras; theorem for a right angle triangle.
