document.write( "Question 1042523: Why do we use only right angeled triangles in trignometry? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Stanbon is right that the triangle is the basis for so many structures.\r\n" );
document.write( "Go where they are building a building.  How many triangles do you see?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Maybe the answer to your question is that if we understand the\r\n" );
document.write( "right triangle, then we understand all triangles because every \r\n" );
document.write( "triangle can be split into two right triangles, by drawing a line \r\n" );
document.write( "segment from one of the vertices to the opposite side.  For instance, \r\n" );
document.write( "take this triangle, which is not a right triangle at all.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But look what happens if we draw a perpendicular from\r\n" );
document.write( "the top vertex to the bottom side:\r\n" );
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document.write( "We have split it into two right triangles:\r\n" );
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