SOLUTION: explain how you can use the length of the shorter leg of a 30 60 90 triangle to find the length of the other two sides.

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Question 324402: explain how you can use the length of the shorter leg of a 30 60 90 triangle to find the length of the other two sides.
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The hypotenuse, long side, and short side of a 30-60-90 right triangle are in proportion:



So if you make the short side the unit value, the proportion becomes:



Multiply the measure of the short leg by 2 to get the measure of the hypotenuse or by to get the measure of the long leg.

John