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In a right triangle, the legs are the two sides that meet to form the right angle.
Only right triangles have legs.
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What does leg of a triangle mean?
side
Draw a triangle where the altitude is a side of the triangle?
Any right triangle resting on a leg.
Which leg corresponds to a leg in a right triangle?
Any side except its hypotenuse
What is a hypotenuse leg?
The hypotenuse leg of a right angle triangle is its longest side.
How are side angle side triangles and Hypotenuse leg alike?
"Hypotenuse-leg" is not necessarily the right-triangle version of "side-angle-side". It's the right-triangle version of "side-side-side", because if you know that it's a right triangle, and you know the hypotenuse and a leg, then you can calculate the length of the other leg. If you want to work with "side-angle-side", and you know the hypotenuse and a leg, then you can find the angle between them, because it's the angle whose cosine is (the known leg) divided by (the hypotenuse), and you can look it up.
The side of an isosceles triangle that is not a leg is called?
The base.
Leg of a triangle?
It is usually a side from the apex of the triangle to the base. However, in the case of a right angled triangle a leg could refer to the two sides which define the right angle.
How could you solve for a leg of an equilateral triangle if you are given an angle?
You cannot solve for a leg in any triangle without at least one other side.
What is the side of a right triangle called when it is not a hypotenuse?
It is usually called a "leg".
How long is the shorter leg of a right triangle with a side of 8 inches and a hypotenuse of 40 inches?
A right triangle with a hypotenuse of 40 inches and a side of 8 inches has a leg length of 39.19 inches so the shorter leg IS 8 inches.
How do you find a leg of a right triangle?
Look for a side that's not the longest side of the triangle.There are two of them.
What are the 2 triangle congruence theorems?
The two triangle congruence theorems are the AAS(Angle-Angle-Side) and HL(Hypotenuse-Leg) congruence theorems. The AAS congruence theorem states that if two angles and a nonincluded side in one triangle are congruent to two angles and a nonincluded side in another triangle, the two triangles are congruent. In the HL congruence theorem, if the hypotenuse and one leg of a right triangle are congruent to the hypotenuse and one leg of another right triangle, the two triangles are congruent.
