SOLUTION: I know all the angles of a right triangle and the length of the hypotenuse. Can I find the lenth of both sides, if so how? In this prob. the angles are 60, 30 and 90 and the hypo

Question 235436: I know all the angles of a right triangle and the length of the hypotenuse. Can I find the lenth of both sides, if so how? In this prob. the angles are 60, 30 and 90 and the hypotenuse is 5 cm, but I would like to be able to solve this for any lenth hypotenuse.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I know all the angles of a right triangle and the length of the hypotenuse. Can I find the lenth of both sides, if so how? In this prob. the angles are 60, 30 and 90 and the hypotenuse is 5 cm, but I would like to be able to solve this for any lenth hypotenuse.
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You can use trig functions.
The side opposite 30 degs is 1/2 the hypotenuse.
The side opposite 60 degs = hyp*sqrt(3)/2
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