SOLUTION: A 30-60-90 triangle has a hypoteneuse of 10. Use trig to find the short side. Show your work. I am unsure as to how I would work this out.

SOLUTION: A 30-60-90 triangle has a hypoteneuse of 10. Use trig to find the short side. Show your work. I am unsure as to how I would work this out.

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Question 295200: A 30-60-90 triangle has a hypoteneuse of 10. Use trig to find the short side. Show your work.
I am unsure as to how I would work this out.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
draw the figure
the short side is opposite the small angle.
from your other problem we know that the short side is 5.
sin (30)=opp/hyp=1/2=opp/10=5/10 so we see it is 5 again.
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