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calculating lengths of right trangles from angles.
Category: Science > Math Asked by: sfgirl-ga List Price: $2.00 |
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01 Apr 2004 13:06 PST
Expires: 01 May 2004 14:06 PDT Question ID: 323727 |
how do you determine the opposite and adjacent lenghts of a right triangle when you have all the angles and the length of the hypotenuse? |
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Re: calculating lengths of right trangles from angles.
Answered By: eiffel-ga on 01 Apr 2004 13:44 PST Rated:  |
Hi sfgirl,
The length of the opposite side equals the length of the hypotenuse
times the sine ("sin") of the angle.
The length of the adjacent side equals the length of the hypotenuse
times the cosine ("cos") of the angle.
You can find a summary of the forumulae here:
"Triangles"
http://www.colonialdie.com/Triangles.htm
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Regards,
eiffel-ga |
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Re: calculating lengths of right trangles from angles.
From: eiffel-ga on 01 Apr 2004 22:47 PST |
Thanks, sfgirl, for the kind tip. Regards, eiffel-ga |
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