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Can you find the length of one side with the hypotenuse and the right angle?
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No. You need either another angle or the length of another side. For example, to solve a2 +b2=c2 (the formula for a right triangle, in which c is the hypotenuse) you must have values for 2 variables to solve for the third.
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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 area of a right angle knowing only the hypotenuse?
One other angle or the length of one other side must also be known.
How do you find the length represented the hypotenuse?
If it's a right angle triangle then use Pythagoras' theorem to find its various lengths.
How do you find the hypotenuse when only one length is given?
If the only information you have is the length of one side of a triangle, there are an infinite number of triangles having that length. Since the hypotenuse is defined to be "The side opposite the right angle in a plane right triangle", you will need the length of the other side to find the hypotenuse using the Pythagorean theorem. Alternatively you need to know the other angles. Then you can use the appropriate trig function to find the length of the hypotenuse.
If you divide length of the adjacent side of an angle in a right triangle by the length of the hypotenuse what value do you get?
Adjacent Side / Hypotenuse = Natural Cosine of the Angle. For example: Adjacent Side=20cm / Hypotenuse=40cm = 0.5 Look up 0.5 in a Natural Cosine table and look back to the degrees on the left margin, you'll find 60... 60 degrees is the angle between the hypotenuse and the adjacent side.
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.
Find hypotenuse only using opposite and angle?
In a right angles triangle the sides are named the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) and the other two sides are called the adjacent and the opposite sides. 1) The sine of an angle = length of the opposite side ÷ length of the hypotenuse. 2) The cosine of an angle = length of the adjacent side ÷ length of the hypotenuse. Using 1) The length of the hypotenuse = length of the opposite side ÷ the sine of the angle. Using tables or a calculator obtain the sine of the angle and divide this into the length of the opposite side. The result will be the length of the hypotenuse.
How do you find the hypotenuse with only a leg and a degree?
If it's a right angle triangle and an acute angle plus the length of a leg is given then use trigonometry to find the hypotenuse.
How do you find the length of an hypotenuse?
If it's a right angle triangle then use Pythagoras' theorem.
What is a hypotenuse of 6ft and 8ft find the lenght?
It is a right angle triangle and by using Pythagoras' theorem the length of its hypotenuse is 10 feet.
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 hypotenuse of a right triangle with the legs of 12 and 14?
By using Pythagoras; theorem for a right angle triangle.
I have a right angled triangle which i know all the angles of. I have the length of one side which is adjacent to the right angle. How can I work out the length of the hypotenuse and the other side?
Use tangent to find the other leg, and the sine or cosine to find the hypotenuse.
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 to a missing side of a right triangle?
Pythagorean Theorem: a2 + b2= c2 where c is the hypotenuse of a right triangle. Hypotenuse is the side of a right triangle opposite to the right angle.
Can you find the hypotenuse of a right triangle when only one side length is known and all three angles?
Yes. You will need to use trigonometry. sin (angle) = opposite/hypotenuse cos (angle) = adjacent/hypotenuse tan (angle) = opposite/adjacent
What is the length of the hypontenuse y?
If it's a right angle triangle and you know its base and height then use Pythagoras' theorem to find the length of its hypotenuse.
