 In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs.  Higher Arithmetic - Page 134by John Charles Stone, James Franklin Millis - 1917 - 314 pagesFull view - About this book
 | International Correspondence Schools - Surveying - 1898 - 518 pages
...having no two of its sides equal. 43. A right-angled triangle, Fig. 30, is any triangle having one right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. For brevity, a right-angled triangle is now termed a right triangle. f H>. 81. FIG. 30. 44. An oblique... | |
 | Charles Austin Hobbs - Geometry, Plane - 1899 - 266 pages
...angles. An equiangular triangle is one that has three equal angles. Right. Obtiue. In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides are called thei legs. I The side on which a triangle is supposed to stand is called the base.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Geometry, Modern - 1899 - 272 pages
...are acute angles; an equiangular triangle, when its three angles are equal. 122. In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs. 123. The side on which a triangle is supposed to stand is called the base of the... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Geometry - 1899 - 498 pages
...are acute angles; an equiangular triangle, when its three angles are equal. 122. In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs. 123. The side on which a triangle is supposed to stand is called the base of the... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Civil engineering - 1899 - 722 pages
...having no two of its sides equal. 43. A right-angled triangle, Fig. 30, is any triangle having one right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. For brevity, a right-angled triangle is now termed a right triangle. FIG. 44. An oblique triangle,... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Bookkeeping - 1899 - 650 pages
...having no two of its sides equal. (Fig. 20.) 53. A right-angled triangle is any triangle having one right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. (Fig. 21.) A right-angled triangle may be isosceles or scalene. 54. The altitude of any triangle is... | |
 | 1900 - 728 pages
...two of its sides equal. FIG. 30. 7O8. A right-angled triangle, Fig. 31, is any triangle having one right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. Among mathematicians, a right-angled triangle is now termed a right trlaiiEle FIO. si. 7O9. An oblique... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Marine engineering - 1900 - 612 pages
...two of its sides equal. FIG. 23. 382. A right-angled triangle (Fig. 24) is any triangle having one right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. FIG. S3. PIG. ^4. In any triangle the sum of the three angles equals two A right angles, or 180°.... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Coal mines and mining - 1900 - 720 pages
...two of its sides equal. FIG. ao. 7O8. A right-angled triangle, Fig. 31, is any triangle having one right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. Among mathematicians, a right-angled triangle is now termed a right trianFIG. 31. 7O9. An oblique triangle,... | |
 | Arthur Schultze, Frank Louis Sevenoak - Geometry - 1902 - 394 pages
...equal to no other ; the two equal sides are called the arms. PLANE GEOMETRY 66. In a right triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides, the arms. 67. The three perpendiculars from the vertices of a triangle to the opposite sides... | |
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