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A right angled triangle has three sides.
The naming of these sides is dependant on which angle you are observing.
The first side is named the opposite and is the side which is not in contact with the angle that is being observed (each angle is in contact with ONLY two sides)
The second side is the hypotenuse which is the side opposite to the right angle. Also termed the diagonal, the hypotenuse is the longest side of the triangle.
The third side, the one you are interested in, is the adjacent side which is the angle which is in contact with the angle being observed which ISN'T the hypotenuse or the opposite. It can be determined by a process of elimination in that there are two sides in contact with the observed angle.
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In a right triangle the ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent side?
In a right triangle, two of the angles are acute ones. Referring to one of the acute angles, the ratio of the side opposite it to the side adjacent to it is the tangent of the angle.
What is the name for the longest side of a right angled triangle?
It is called the hypotenuse. The adjacent side is beneath it and the opposite side opposite it.
What are the sides of a triangle called?
Given the reference perspective of a specific angle the sides are are the adjacent sides and the opposite side If we have a right triangle the longest side (opposite the right angle) is the hypotenuse.
What is the leg next to a given angle in a right triangle?
If it isn't the hypotenuse, then it's the "Adjacent" side.
If I have a right triangle The side opposite angle A is 6 meters and the side adjacent angle A is 8 meters How long is the hypotenuse?
The hypotenuse is: 10
How do you label sides of a right angle triangle?
A right angle triangle has an hypotenuse which is its longest side, an adjacent side and an opposite side.
What is the ratio of the adjacent and hypotenuse sides of a right triangle?
That's the cosine of the angle to which the 'adjacent' side is adjacent.
How do you find the other side of a right triangle?
use right triangle trig... sin (angle) = opposite side/hypotunese, cos (angle) = adjacent side/hypotunese, and tan (angle) = opposite side/ adjacent side
In a right triangle the ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent side?
In a right triangle, two of the angles are acute ones. Referring to one of the acute angles, the ratio of the side opposite it to the side adjacent to it is the tangent of the angle.
What is the adjacent and opposite sides of a right triangle?
For any angle in the triangle that is not a right angle, the opposite side is the side does not touch the angle and the adjacent side touches it and is perpendicular to the opposite side. The third side is the longest side and is the hypotenuse
What is the definition of secant-tangent angle?
The secant of an angle in a right triangle is the hypotenuse divided by the adjacent side. The tangent angle of a right triangle is the length of the opposite side divided by the length of the adjacent side.
What is Parts of a right triangle?
Hypotenuse the longest side of the triangle, then the Legs: Adjacent and Opposite
What do you call the bottom of a triangle?
Its base or adjacent side if it's a right angle triangle.
The cosine of an angle equals the ratio of the?
adjacent side to the hypotenuse in a right triangle.
In a right-angle triangle the incline side multiplied by cosine of the angle gives you?
The adjacent side or base of the triangle.
Where is the longest side of the right triangle located?
the longest side of a right angle is called the hypotenuse. In trigonometry it is the side that is opposite the adjacent. -----------|\ -----------| \ Adjacent-| -\ hypotenuse (longest side) -----------|- \ -----------|__ \ ---------opposite
Non adjacent side of a triangle?
The side that is not adjacent to another side of a triangle is called the opposite side.
