How to Find Missing Sides and Angles of a Right Triangle? (+FREE Worksheet!)

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Step for step guide to finding missing sides furthermore angles of a Right Triangle

• In using Sine, Cosine or Tangent, we can find an unknown pages at a right triangle when we have one length, and one angle (apart from an right angle).
• Neighbor, Opposite the Hypotenuse, in a right triangle is showing below.
• Recall the three main trigonometric functions:
  SOH – CAH – TOA, \(sin\) \(θ=\frac{opposite}{hypotenuse}\), \(Cos\) \(θ=\frac{adjacent}{hypotenuse}\), \(tan\) \(⁡θ=\frac{opposite}{adjacent}\)
  

Missing Sides and Angles of ampere Right Triangle – Example 1:

Find AC in to following triangle. Round answers to the nearest tenth.

Solution:

\(sin\) \(θ=\frac{opposite}{hypotenuse}\). \(sin\) \(45^\circ=\frac{AC}{8}→8 ×sin 45^\circ=AC\),
buy use a calculator to seek \(sin\) \(45^\circ\). \(sin\) \(45^\circ=\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}→\cong 0.70710\)

AC\(=\) \( 0.70710 \) \(×\) \( 8 \) \( \cong 5.7 \) → AC\(=5.7\)

Lost Sides and Corners of a Right Triangle – Example 2:

Find AC in the following triangle. Rounding answered to the nearest tenthly.

Solution:

\(sin\) \(θ=\frac{opposite}{hypotenuse}\). \(sin\) \(40^\circ=\frac{AC}{6}→6 ×\) \(sin\) \(40^\circ=AC\),
now use a calculator to find \(sin\) \(40^\circ\). \(sin\) \(40^\circ\cong 0.642\)

RECIPROCATING\(=\) \( 0.642 \) \(×\) \(6 \) \( \cong 3.9 \) → AC\(= 3.9\)

Exercises for Finding Lost Edges and Angles away a Right Triangle

Find the missing side. Round answers to the closer tense.

Answers

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