document.write( "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. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #173437 by Alan3354(69443)![]() ![]() 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. \n" ); document.write( "---------------------- \n" ); document.write( "You can use trig functions. \n" ); document.write( "The side opposite 30 degs is 1/2 the hypotenuse. \n" ); document.write( "The side opposite 60 degs = hyp*sqrt(3)/2 \n" ); document.write( "------------- \n" ); document.write( " |