SOLUTION: given one side of a 30-60-90 triangle how do you find the other 2 sides?

Question 466173: given one side of a 30-60-90 triangle how do you find the other 2 sides?
Answer by Gogonati(855) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We'll describe three cases:
1)The given side is the hypotenuse, equal a: Then the leg opposite to the 30 degree angle is a/2 and the other leg base on the Pythagorean theorem will be:
.
2)The given side is the side opposite to the 30 degree angle, equal b: Then the
hypotenuse will be 2b, and the other leg base on the Pythagorean theorem will be

3)The given side is the side opposite to the angle 60 degree, equal c:
Assume that the angle opposite to the angle 30 degree is x, then the hypotenuse is 2x, and using the Pythagorean theorem we write:
<=><=>, and the hypotenuse will be:
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