right triangle

noun

Definition of right triangle

: a triangle having a right angle — see triangle illustration

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Since x and y are perpendicular to each other, these components form the sides of a right triangle. — Rhett Allain, WIRED, "The Physics of Actually Flying Around in an Iron Man Suit," 18 June 2019 His theorem, a part of Euclidean geometry taught in many high school math classes, states that the hypotenuse of a right triangle (the side opposite the right angle) equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides. — Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, "Stonehenge Builders Used Pythagoras' Theorem Centuries Before His Birth, Say Experts," 21 June 2018 So, when the side lengths of a right triangle are labeled a, b, and c, the Pythagorean theorem may be written as the equation a2 + b2 = c2. — Joshua A. Krisch, Popular Mechanics, "A Pythagorean Party at the Flatiron Building," 6 Dec. 2013 If the two legs of a right triangle each have the same rational length, Hippasus is said to have shown, its hypotenuse cannot have a rational length. — Quanta Magazine, "Mathematicians Shed Light on Minimalist Conjecture," 9 July 2013 Since x and y are perpendicular to each other, these components form the sides of a right triangle. — Rhett Allain, WIRED, "The Physics of Actually Flying Around in an Iron Man Suit," 18 June 2019 If the two legs of a right triangle each have the same rational length, Hippasus is said to have shown, its hypotenuse cannot have a rational length. — Quanta Magazine, "Mathematicians Shed Light on Minimalist Conjecture," 9 July 2013 So, when the side lengths of a right triangle are labeled a, b, and c, the Pythagorean theorem may be written as the equation a2 + b2 = c2. — Joshua A. Krisch, Popular Mechanics, "A Pythagorean Party at the Flatiron Building," 6 Dec. 2013 Pythagorean triples are sets of numbers that correspond to the sides of right triangles. — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, "Researchers Discover Babylonian Tablet Is Ancient Trig Table," 25 Aug. 2017

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