 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1888 - 378 pages
...base is called the vertex of the triangle. 388. A right triangle (Fig. 30) is a triangle which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides are called the legs. 389. The altitude of a triangle is the perpendicular... | |
 | Isaac Hammond Morris - Geometry, Plane - 1890 - 440 pages
...three unequal sides. Fig. 18. 2nd. With reference to the angles there are also three kinds : — 21. A right-angled triangle has one of its angles a right angle*. The side opposite to the right angle is called the hypotenuse. In Fig. 19, AB is the hypotenuse. 22. An obtuse-angled... | |
 | William Minifie - Geometry, Descriptive - 1890 - 298 pages
...An ACUTE ANGLED TRIANGLE has all its angles acute, as Jl and B. 22. A RIGHT ANGLED TRIANGLE has one right angle; the side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse ; the other sides are called respectively the base and perpendicular. The figures Jl. B. C, are each... | |
 | Edward Albert Bowser - Geometry - 1890 - 420 pages
...scalene triangle is one which has three unequal sides. 90. A right-angled triangle is one which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs. 91. An tiviite-angled triangle is one which has three... | |
 | Henry B. Maglathlin - 1894 - 370 pages
...has one obtuse angle. ACUTF.-ANOLED TEIANOLB. OBTUSE-ANGLED TEUANQLB. A RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLE has one right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the HYPOTHENUSE, and the side perpendicular to the base, the PERPENDICULAR. RIGHT-ANGLED TUHW . 411. By Geometry there... | |
 | Alfred John Pearce - 1897 - 202 pages
...TRIANGLE. A triangle is a figure bounded by three straight lints. A right-angled triangle is one which has one of its angles a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the Jiypothenuse. The other two sides are called the base and perpendicular respectively. (a) To find the... | |
 | H. Holt-Butterfill - Mechanical drawing - 1897 - 232 pages
...dependent on the length of its third side, as Figs. 24 and 25, the latter having one obtuse angle at a. A right-angled triangle has one of its angles a right angle, the other two being acute, as Fig. 26. A scalene triangle has three unequal sides, as Fig. 27 ; an obtuseangled... | |
 | John Appley Ferrell - History - 1901 - 448 pages
...equilateral triangle. ) NOTE.— Each angle of an equiangular triangle measures just 60°. A Right Triangle has one of its angles a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse; the other two sides are usually called base and perpendicular. ADVANCED ARITHMETIC. В... | |
 | Arthur Schultze - Algebra - 1905 - 396 pages
...square yards. Find the side of each field. 319. A right triangle is a triangle, one of whose angles is a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse (c in the diagram). If the hypotenuse ' 6~ contains с units of length, and the two other... | |
 | Charles Wilbur Leigh - 1906 - 72 pages
...and B. APPLICATION OF SQUARE ROOT. 310. A triangle is a figure bounded by three straight lines. 311. A right-angled triangle has one of its angles a right...opposite the right angle is called the "hypothenuse." The other two sides are the "base" and the "perpendicular." 312. The square of the hypothenuse of a... | |
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A right-angled triangle is one which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse. 
