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I have developed a new hatred for triangles

Name: Anonymous 2007-01-10 16:24

I have a triangle. It is a right triangle. The only side that has a known length is the hypotenuse. The other two angles are known. How do I determine the legth of the other two sides without knowing the sine, cosine, or tangent; OR if these are nescesary, how do I determine them with only the knowledge of the angles?

Name: Anonymous 2007-01-12 23:55

>>39
Google 'leg right triangle'. The first two links give definitions that unambiguously agree with me. The third explains SAS with the word 'leg' in a usage that would be nonsensical and incorrect if it included the hypoteneuse in this definition. Also, Wikipedia agrees with me. There's nothing at stake here; just accept that you're wrong and move on.

Links:
http://www.mathwords.com/l/leg_of_right_triangle.htm
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RightTriangle.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/geo/crtri.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leg_%28geometry%29

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