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Special Right Triangles/30-60-90 (degrees)

Special Right Triangles/30-60-90 (degrees)

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Author: Leif Park Jordan
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    Demonstrate using the Pythagorean Theorem that in a 300-600-900 special right triangle, the hypotenuse is twice as long as the shorter leg, and the longer leg is the length of the shorter leg times .

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    Practice solving for different unknown side lengths of 300-600-900 special right triangles.

 

This packet should help a learner seeking to understand the 300-600-900 special right triangle.

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30-60-90 Right Triangles

This video introduces 30-60-90 right triangles.

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Finding the Missing Side of a 30-60-90 Right Triangle

This video explains how to use the relationship between the sides of a 30-60-90 right triangle to find a missing side length.

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