Question

How many triangles can be made if two sides are 4 inches and the angle between them is 90°?

1
2
More than 2
None

Answer 1

@LynFran

Answer 2

Have you heard of proving two triangles congruent by SAS?

Answer 3

no

Answer 4

Ok.

Answer 5

If you draw two segments, each 4 inches long.
Then make sure the angle between them is 90 degrees,
does that determine a specific triangle?
Has the third side become of a fixed length?

Answer 6

No

Answer 7

ok

Answer 8

Look at the figure above.
Let's say both sides are 4 inches long and the angle between them is 90 degrees.
If the two 4-inch segments and the angle between are part of a triangle, can you draw the third side of the triangle?

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

yeah

Answer 11

The third side shown above would be it, right? There is no other way of drawing a triangle with the two 4-inch sides and the included 90 deg angle, right?

Answer 12

yes thats right

Answer 13

so the answer is b right?

Answer 14

That means you can only draw one triangle with the information you were given.

Answer 15

OH yes

Answer 16

The answer is 1 triangle.

Answer 17

Thank you