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What ratio relates the length of the leg opposite the angle in question to the length of the leg adjacent to the angle?
This ratio is the tangent of the angle.If the triangle is a right angled triangle and the angle in question is not the right angle, then it is the tangent of the angle in question.
How do you figure out a leg in a right triangle?
adjacent to the right angle
What is a hypotenuse leg?
The hypotenuse leg of a right angle triangle is its longest side.
What are four ways you can prove two right triangles are congruent?
1. The side angle side theorem, when used for right triangles is often called the leg leg theorem. it says if two legs of a right triangle are congruent to two legs of another right triangle, then the triangles are congruent. Now if you want to think of it as SAS, just remember both angles are right angles so you need only look at the legs.2. The next is the The Leg-Acute Angle Theorem which states if a leg and an acute angle of one right triangle are congruent to the corresponding parts of another right triangle, the two right triangles are congruent. This is the same as angle side angle for a general triangle. Just use the right angle as one of the angles, the leg and then the acute angle.3. The Hypotenuse-Acute Angle Theorem is the third way to prove 2 right triangles are congruent. This one is equivalent to AAS or angle angle side. This theorem says if the hypotenuse and an acute angle of a right triangle are congruent to the hypotenuse and an acute angle of another right triangle, the two triangles are congruent. This is the same as AAS again since you can use the right angle as the second angle in AAS.4. Last, but not least is Hypotenuse-Leg Postulate. Since it is NOT based on any other rules, this is a postulate and not a theorem. HL says if the hypotenuse and a leg of one right triangle are congruent to the hypotenuse and a leg of another right triangle, then the triangles are congruent.
What is the math definition of a leg?
The two sides in a right triangle that form the right angle.
Which leg corresponds to a leg in a right triangle?
Any side except its hypotenuse
The LAtheorem says that two right triangles will be congruent if they have a congruent and a congruent leg?
The leg-angle congruence theorem says if one leg and an acute angle of one right triangle are congruent to one leg and an acute angle of another right triangle, then the two right triangles are congruent.
What ratio relates the length of the leg opposite the angle in question to the length of the leg adjacent to the angle?
This ratio is the tangent of the angle.If the triangle is a right angled triangle and the angle in question is not the right angle, then it is the tangent of the angle in question.
How do you figure out a leg in a right triangle?
adjacent to the right angle
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.
Is a leg of a right triangle the same as its hypothinose?
No any leg of a right angle triangle is smaller than the length of its hypotenuse
The side across from the right angle is called a leg?
It is the hypotenuse
What are four ways you can prove two right triangles are congruent?
1. The side angle side theorem, when used for right triangles is often called the leg leg theorem. it says if two legs of a right triangle are congruent to two legs of another right triangle, then the triangles are congruent. Now if you want to think of it as SAS, just remember both angles are right angles so you need only look at the legs.2. The next is the The Leg-Acute Angle Theorem which states if a leg and an acute angle of one right triangle are congruent to the corresponding parts of another right triangle, the two right triangles are congruent. This is the same as angle side angle for a general triangle. Just use the right angle as one of the angles, the leg and then the acute angle.3. The Hypotenuse-Acute Angle Theorem is the third way to prove 2 right triangles are congruent. This one is equivalent to AAS or angle angle side. This theorem says if the hypotenuse and an acute angle of a right triangle are congruent to the hypotenuse and an acute angle of another right triangle, the two triangles are congruent. This is the same as AAS again since you can use the right angle as the second angle in AAS.4. Last, but not least is Hypotenuse-Leg Postulate. Since it is NOT based on any other rules, this is a postulate and not a theorem. HL says if the hypotenuse and a leg of one right triangle are congruent to the hypotenuse and a leg of another right triangle, then the triangles are congruent.
Which are congruence theorems for right triangles?
The congruence theorems for right triangles are the Hypotenuse-Leg (HL) theorem and the Leg-Acute Angle (LA) theorem. The HL theorem states that if the hypotenuse and one leg of one right triangle are congruent to the hypotenuse and one leg of another right triangle, then the triangles are congruent. The LA theorem states that if one leg and one acute angle of one right triangle are congruent to one leg and one acute angle of another right triangle, then the triangles are congruent.
What is the math definition of a leg?
The two sides in a right triangle that form the right angle.
One leg of a right triangle is twice the length of the other leg What is the cosine of the angle between the longer leg and the hypotenuse?
Shorter leg = 1Longer leg = 2Hypotenuse = sqrt(5)Cosine of angle between the longer leg and the hypotenuse = 2 / sqrt(5) = 0.89443 (rounded)The angle is 26.565 degrees (rounded)
