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Special Right Triangles. Take a square…. Find its diagonal. Here it is. We’ll let each of the sides of the square be “x”. They are all equal. d. x. x. Look at your formula sheets. You will need to get into the habit of using these for special right triangles.
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Find its diagonal Here it is
We’ll let each of the sides of the square be “x”. They are all equal. d x x
Look at your formula sheets. You will need to get into the habit of using these for special right triangles. 45o-45o-90o x√2 x x
45o-45o-90o leg leg leg
45o-45o-90o 6 6 6
45o-45o-90o 8 8 8
45o-45o-90o 5 5 5
45o-45o-90o 10 10 10
Now, lets look at half this triangle, turned on its altitude. x x x a a
30o-60o-90o Shorter Leg Hypotenuse Longer leg
30o-60o-90o ½ Hyp. Hyp. ½ Hyp.
45o-45o-90o leg leg leg
30o-60o-90o ½ Hyp. Hyp. ½ Hyp.
8 8 8
10 10 10