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 .
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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Tutorial

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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