Angles I've Known | Right Triangles | Kind Triangles | "Twig-o-non-o-twee" | Cover all Bases |
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What is a 90 degree angle
The right angle
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What is side opposite the right angle
Hypotenuse
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What is an equilateral triangle
All three of my sides are the same
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What is the opposite side
You'll get the "sine" when you find me over the hypotenuse.
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What is area
measure me is square units for I cover all
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What is an angle less than 90 degrees
" a cute" angle
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What is tangent
Ratio of opposite to adjacent
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What is an isosceles triangle
Two of my sides are more equal than the other
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What is tangent
After spending time in the sun, the man had his opposite as well as adjacent sides browned.
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What is the area of a triangle
My message is clear-bisect my base and multiply by my height
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What is an obtuse angle
"Oh, probably between 90 and 180..."
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What is cosecant
Reciprocal of sin
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What is an angle 90 degrees or larger
As a triangle, I'm only allowed to have 1 of these
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What is Law of Cosines
Use me to solve if given only 3 sides
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What is height
If it's area your "needen" and my angle is right, multiply hypotenuse by the sine to get...
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What is a straight angle
Pi
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Who is Pythagoras
The "crazy" Greek dude often referred to when solving right triangle problems
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What is a 30 degree angle
The side opposite me is 1/2 the hypotenuse
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What is Law of Sines
I consist of 3 ratios, use any two, to solve a triangle when a side or angle is due.
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What is cosine of B
(a squared + c squared - b squared) divided by ( 2 a c)
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What is a negative angle
measured anti-clockwise
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What is the sine squared plus cosine squared
I always equal 1
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What is a 45 degree angle.
My neighbor and I are the same size. However, our neighbor across the street is twice our size.
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What is the ambiguous case
If given two sides and an angle to boot, this describes a situation where the number of triangles is in dispute.
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What is two
If a < 90 and h < a < b, how many triangles would you expect to see?
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