How do you find the hypotenuse of a right triangle when you have 2 angles (1 being the 90 degrees since it is a right triangle)

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SIZIF [17.4K]

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How do you find the hypotenuse of a right triangle when you have 2 angles (1 being the 90 degrees since it is a right triangle)

and the length of 1 of the sides

Mathematics

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stiks02 [169] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-15T01:23:31+03:00

stiks02 [169]3 years ago

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Find the length of the hypotenuse by using either "sine" or "cosine".

Sine= Length of opposite side/ Hypotenuse

Cosine= Length of adjacent side/ Hypotenuse

In order to use one of these, it depends on which angle they give you other than 90 degrees.

Hope this helps!