SOLUTION: explain how you can use the length of the shorter leg of a 30 60 90 triangle to find the length of the other two sides.

Question 324402: explain how you can use the length of the shorter leg of a 30 60 90 triangle to find the length of the other two sides.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The hypotenuse, long side, and short side of a 30-60-90 right triangle are in proportion:

So if you make the short side the unit value, the proportion becomes:

Multiply the measure of the short leg by 2 to get the measure of the hypotenuse or by

to get the measure of the long leg.

John

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