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Right Triangles
A triangle with one right angle is called a
right triangle. The side opposite the right angle is called the
hypotenuse of the triangle. The other two sides are called
legs. The
other two angles have no special name, but they are always
complementary. Do you see why?
The total angle sum of a triangle is 180 degrees, and the right angle is 90
degrees, so the other two must sum to 90 degrees.
There are two types of right triangles that every mathematician should know very
well. One is the right triangle formed when an
altitude is drawn from a vertex of an
equilateral triangle, forming two congruent right triangles. The angles of
the triangle will be 30, 60, and 90 degrees, giving the triangle its name: 30-60-90
triangle. The ratio of side lengths in such triangles is always the
same: if the leg opposite the 30 degree angle is of length x, the leg opposite
the 60 degree angle will be of x, and the hypotenuse across from the
right angle will be 2x. Here is a 30-60-90 triangle pictured below.
The other common right triangle results from the pair of triangles created when
a diagonal divides a square into two triangles.
Each of these triangles is congruent, and has angles of measures 45, 45, and 90
degrees. If the legs opposite the 45 degree angles are of length x, the
hypotenuse has a length of x. This ratio holds true for all
45-45-90 triangles. 45-45-90 triangles are also often called isosceles right
triangles.
One last characteristic to note is that the legs of a right triangle are also altitudes of the triangle. Therefore, the area of a right triangle is one-half the product of the lengths of its legs.
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