Question

Could I find the two missing side lengths of a right triangle if I only know one side length and one angle measure

Answer 1

It's a right triangle, so you already know one angle is 90 degrees. If you know one side, and one OTHER angle, you can find the third angle.

Once you know the angles, if you don't know which side of the triangle you know (i.e. the hypotenuse, the larger leg, or the shorter leg) then you could make the side length each of those sides and calculate the other two sides.

But basically, it sounds like the answer is no. With only that information given, you can not determine all of the dimensions of your triangle

Answer 2

Thanks , i thought no too .

Answer 3

No problem :)

Answer 4

Help with one More ? (:

Answer 5

suree :)

Answer 6

What makes a triangle a “special” right triangle? How can special right triangles help me find side lengths?

Answer 7

The thing that makes a right triangle a "special right triangle" is the measure of its acute angles. If the acute angles are both 45 degrees it is a "special right triangle". The sides have the unique relationship in that the legs are equal in measure and the hypotenuse is the leg multiplied by the square root of 2.

There is a second "special right triangle." It too is special because of the measure of it's acute angles. If the acute angles are 30 and 60 degrees it is called special. This is because of the relationship between the measures of its sides. In this triangle, the short leg is 1/2 the hypotenuse and the long leg can be found by multiplying the short leg by the square root of 3.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

No Problem :)