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What is the formula for the third side of a triangle?
a2+b2=c2, but that only works for right triangles, where c is opposite the right angle. The law of cosines, see Related Link below, will help for non right triangles, but you need to know one of the angles.
What kind of triangles can the Pythagorean theorem be applied to?
Any right-angled triangle
Law of cosines with a right angle?
The law of cosines with a right angle is just the pythagorean theorem. The cosine of 90 degrees is 0. That is why the hypotenuse squared is equal to the sum of both of the legs squared
What traingle don't have a right angle?
Triangles without right angles are:- Scalene triangles Obtuse triangles Isosceles triangles Equilateral triangles
Are all right triangles isosceles triangles?
no
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