The sides of right-angled triangles are labelled opposite, hypotenuse and adjacent. Trigonometry explores the relationship between sides and angles in right-angled triangles. The hypotenuse is the ...

Trigonometry close trigonometryThe study of sides and angles in triangles. can be used to find a missing angle in a right-angled triangle when two sides are known. An understanding of the three ...

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