 | George Anthony Hill - Geometry - 1888 - 202 pages
...angles acute. Obtuse triangles, having one obtuse angle. Right triangles, having one right angle. In a right triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other sides are called the legs. ACUTE. OBTUSE. EIGHT. 6. Draw, freehand, two acute triangles,... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Geometry - 1888 - 264 pages
...three of its angles are acute angles; an equiangular triangle, when its three angles are equal. 131. In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs, of the triangle. 132. The side on which a triangle is supposed to... | |
 | George Anthony Hill - Geometry - 1888 - 200 pages
...angles acute. Obtuse triangles, having one obtuse angle. Bight triangles, having one right angle. In a right triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other sides are called the legs. ACUTE. OBTUSE. RIGHT. 6. Draw, freehand, two acute triangles,... | |
 | Robert William Dale - Atonement - 1888 - 586 pages
...eternal and immutable law. The case is precisely analogous to that of mathematical necessity. Given a triangle in which one of the angles is a right angle, and the square of the hypothenuse will be equal to the sum of the squares of the perpendicular and... | |
 | George Irving Hopkins - Geometry, Plane - 1891 - 204 pages
...illustrate all the six varieties. The sum of the three sides of a triangle is called the perimeter. In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse, and the other two sides the legs. The side on which a triangle is supposed to rest is... | |
 | Adelia Roberts Hornbrook - Geometry - 1895 - 220 pages
...the sum of the two angles that are not right angles ? NOTE.— A triangle which has a right angle is a Right Triangle. The side opposite the right angle is called the Hypotenuse. 51. Draw a right-angled isosceles triangle having its equal sides each 5 inches long, and show how... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1896 - 490 pages
...area. 4. A town lot in the shape of a square contains 13,225 sq. ft. Find its side. A triangle that has a right angle' is called a right triangle ; the side...opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse ; and the other two sides are called the base and perpendicular. In a right triangle the square of... | |
 | John Williston Cook, Nebraska Cropsey - Arithmetic - 1896 - 452 pages
...1,470 square feet. Find its width and length 336. THE RIGHT TRIANGLE» 1. A triangle, one of whose angles is a right angle, is called a right triangle. The side opposite the right angle is the hypotenuse. The other sides are the base and altitude. The sides forming the right angle are called... | |
 | George D. Pettee - Geometry, Modern - 1896 - 272 pages
...three angles are equal. SCALENE TRIANGLE. ISOSCELES TRIANGLE. EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE. EIGHT TRIANGLE. In a right triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs. The base of a triangle, and likewise of any polygon, is the side... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1897 - 396 pages
...area. 4. A town lot in the shape of a square contains 13,225 sq. ft. Find its side. A triangle that has a right angle is called a right triangle ; the side...opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse ; and the other two sides are called the base and perpendicular. In a right triangle the square of... | |
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A B A triangle with a right angle is called a right triangle. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle is called the hypotenuse of the right triangle. 
