Question

1. If I know the lengths of two sides of a right triangle, how do I find the third?
2. Could I find the two missing side lengths of a right triangle if I only know one side length and one angle measure (other than the 90 degree angle)?
3. Could I find the two missing angle measures if I know some of the side lengths of a right triangle?
4. What makes a triangle a “special” right triangle? How can special right triangles help me find side lengths?

Answer 1

I know for the first one i use Pythagorean thereom

Answer 2

2. Yes.

Answer 3

3. you could use law of sines or cosines to figure those out.

Answer 4

4. a "special" right triangle is a triangle with angle measurements 30-60-90 and resembles this

You can use the identity SOHCAHTOA in the case of right triangles to find side lengths by evaluating the angle measurements.