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What is an angle of 78 degrees?
acute angle-an angle between 0 and 90 degrees. obtuse angle-an angle between 90 and 180 degrees.
How do you find a side length of a right triangle with an angle and a side?
Key Points
- The Pythagorean Theorem, a2+b2=c2, a 2 + b 2 = c 2 , is used to find the length of any side of a right triangle.
- In a right triangle, one of the angles has a value of 90 degrees.
- The longest side of a right triangle is called the hypotenuse, and it is the side that is opposite the 90 degree angle.
How do you find an angle in a triangle with a right angle?
Example
- Step 1 The two sides we know are Adjacent (6,750) and Hypotenuse (8,100).
- Step 2 SOHCAHTOA tells us we must use Cosine.
- Step 3 Calculate Adjacent / Hypotenuse = 6,750/8,100 = 0.8333.
- Step 4 Find the angle from your calculator using cos-1 of 0.8333:
How do you find the sides of a right triangle given the hypotenuse and angle?
How do you solve a right angle triangle with only one side?
- If you have the hypotenuse, multiply it by sin(θ) to get the length of the side opposite to the angle.
- Alternatively, multiply the hypotenuse by cos(θ) to get the side adjacent to the angle.
How many degrees is a right triangle?
90 degrees
Explanation: The interior angles of a triangle always add up to 180 degrees. We are given angle and since this is indicated to be a right triangle we know angle is equal to 90 degrees.
How many degrees is a right angle?
Acute angles measure less than 90 degrees. Right angles measure 90 degrees. Obtuse angles measure more than 90 degrees.
How do I find the hypotenuse side of a triangle?
The hypotenuse is termed as the longest side of a right-angled triangle. To find the longest side we use the hypotenuse formula that can be easily driven from the Pythagoras theorem, (Hypotenuse)2 = (Base)2 + (Altitude)2. Hypotenuse formula = √((base)2 + (height)2) (or) c = √(a2 + b2).