Core Connections Integrated III, 2015
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1. Section 9.1
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Exercise 4 Page 433

Practice makes perfect
a In a 30^(∘)-60^(∘)-90^(∘) triangle, the shorter leg is always half the length of the hypotenuse and the longer leg is sqrt(3) times the length of the shorter leg. With this information we can identify the missing side lengths.
b In a 45^(∘)-45^(∘)-90^(∘) triangle the legs are congruent, which means it is an isosceles triangle.
In this kind of triangle the hypotenuse is always sqrt(2) times greater than either of the legs. With this information, we can write and solve an equation containing a. sqrt(2)a=1 ⇔ a=1/sqrt(2) The missing side lengths are both 1sqrt(2).