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What are the Legs and Hypotenuse of a Right Triangle?
What are all the parts of a right triangle called? What makes it a right triangle? Legs? Triangles have legs? Hypotenuse? Pythagorean Theorem? The instructor diagrams and identifies all the parts of a right triangle for you.
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How Do You Find a Missing Side of a Right Triangle Using Cosine?
Trigonometry? What's trigonometry. Well, something to do with triangles, right? Right! Right triangles! In this problem, find the missing length of one of the sides. So set this up as a ratio: cosine(A) = adjacent side length divided by...
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What are Vertical Angles?
What makes vertical angles so special? Here's a few words that might help you figure out why: intersecting lines, congruent angles, opposite, supplementary angles. Still wondering? Then watch this video for a good explanation of vertical...
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What is a Rectangle?
What are the characteristics and properties of a quadrilateral that make it a rectangle? Four sides? Right angles? Parallel sides? Watch this video and follow along as the instructor explains the terms and properties that make a...