To apply the law of cosines to find the measure of an interior angle in a triangle, you need to know the lengths of all three sides of the triangle. Specifically, if you have sides ( a ), ( b ), and ( c ), you can use the formula ( c^2 = a^2 + b^2 - 2ab \cos(C) ) to solve for the angle ( C ). Thus, knowing the side lengths is sufficient to determine the interior angle.
To find the values of variables in a triangle, you can use various properties and theorems such as the Triangle Sum Theorem, which states that the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is always 180 degrees. If you have the lengths of the sides, you can apply the Law of Sines or the Law of Cosines to find unknown angles or sides. Additionally, if the triangle has specific characteristics (like being right-angled or isosceles), you can use those properties to simplify your calculations. Always ensure you have enough known values to set up equations for the unknowns.
That's a perfect time to recall and apply the Pythagorean Theorem:C2 = A2 + B2There is absolutely no finer way to find the length of the hypotenusewhen you know the length of the legs.
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The lengths of all three sides of the triangle APEX:)
For the length you apply this formula, after numbering the sides a²=b²+c²-2bcCosA
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That's a perfect time to recall and apply the Pythagorean Theorem:C2 = A2 + B2There is absolutely no finer way to find the length of the hypotenusewhen you know the length of the legs.
It could be 12 because the sum of the 2 smaller sides of a triangle must be bigger than its largest side.
Being a right-triangle, apply Pythagoras. Hence h^(2) = a^(2) + b^(2) Substitute h^(2) = 6^(2) + 8^(2) h^(2) = 36 + 64 h^(2) = 100 Square root BOTH sides. h = 10 (The length of the hypotenuse.
You need to know at least one side......after that you can use the angles to apply the equations, SOH CAH TOA.
Pythagoras theorem simply tells you the length of a side of a Right Angled Triangle if the other two sides are given. You only need the length of any two sides to calculate the length of the third onePythagoras theorem:Hypotenuse2 = base2 + perpendicular2
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39 sq. unitsThe area of any right triangle is A = 1/2 (b x h)1/2 (base) multiplied by (height)A right triangle can always be set down so that the legs are the base and the height.So if you know the length of the legs, you can apply the area formula directly.