SOLUTION: given the short leg of a 30-60-90 triangle, how do you find the other two sides?

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Question 495500: given the short leg of a 30-60-90 triangle, how do you find the other two sides?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Suppose the short leg is a, where a
can be any number. The short leg will be opposite
the 30 degree angle.
To find the length of the side opposite the 60
degree angle, use the ratio:
+1%2Fsqrt%283%29++=+a%2F%28a%2Asqrt%283%29%29+
+a%2Asqrt%283%29+ is the answer
for the length opposite the 90 degree angle use:
+1%2F2+=+a%2F%282a%29+
+2a+ is the answer