The longer leg of a 30°-60°-90° right triangle measures 5 in. What is the length of the shorter leg?

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mathstudent55 · Answer

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mathstudent55 · Answer

The figure shows the ratios of the lengths of the 3 sides of a 30-60-90 triangle.
The long leg is sqrt(3) times longer than the short leg.
The hypotenuse is twice the length of the short leg.

anonymous · Answer

It's triangle a = 4.33 b = 2.5 c = 5 see picture: http://www.triangle-calculator.com/?what=&q=C%3D90+A%3D60+c%3D5&submit=Solve

anonymous · Answer

An angle lying opposite to a bigger triangle side is also a bigger angle-> so c=5 is hypotenuse

anonymous · Answer

Simply answer is x=5 sin 30 = 2.5