RIGHT TRIANGLES and THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM
What is a triangle with one 90 degree angle called?
What is a right triangle?
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
In a right triangle, the sum of the squares of the lengths of the sides is equal to the square of the length of the hypotenuse. (leg)2 + (leg)2 = hyp2
A right triangle has legs 3 cm and 4 cm. What is the length of the hypotenuse?
The hypotenuse is 5 cm.
A right triangle has a leg of 8 in and a hypotenuse of 8.9 in. What is the length of the missing side?
7 in
A right triangle has...
A leg that is 3.9 m
A hypotenuse length of 11 m
What is the length of the missing leg?
10.3 m