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A 45-45-90 triangle can be formed by cutting an ___________________
__________________ in half.
The bottom side of the equilateral triangle has been cut in half, so the
missing side of the 30-60-90 triangle is _____ units.
The short leg of a 30-60-90 triangle is always ______ the length
of the hypotenuse.
You can also switch it around and say the hypotenuse is ___________
the length of the short leg.
Find a.
Find b.
: Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the long leg.
____2 + ____2 = 102
____ + ____ = 100
b2 = _____
b = _____
This simplifies to b =
·
= ______
: The long leg is the same as the ________ leg
times the square root of ____.
: Find c and d.
: Find e and f.
A 30-60-90 triangle is half of a(n) _______________________.
The short leg of a 30-60-90 triangle is always
___________ the hypotenuse.
To find the length of the long leg of a 30-60-90
triangle, you can multiply the length of the short
leg by _______________________.
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