SOLUTION: If there is a right triangle that has two other angles of 30 and 60 which makes it a 30 60 90 triangle the base is 20ft what is the hight?

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Question 187308: If there is a right triangle that has two other angles of 30 and 60
which makes it a 30 60 90 triangle
the base is 20ft

what is the hight?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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A 30-60-90 right triangle has sides in proportion:



So if the base is the side opposite the 30 angle, then the height is the other leg and is:




John