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right-angled triangle

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right-angled triangle
a triangle one angle of which is a right angle


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The surprisingly difficult problem is to determine which whole numbers can be the area of a right-angled triangle whose sides are whole numbers or fractions.
Pick up the 12-millimeter wood then cut it equally into two, with each one forming right-angled triangles at one end.
So, for many years, my teaching of trigonometry in Year 9 began with exercises in identifying opposite and adjacent sides in right-angled triangles, definitions of the trigonometric ratios and the mnemonic SOHCAHTOA, then lots of work on calculating unknown sides and angles, all devoid of any realistic context.
 
 
 
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