Special Right Triangles Investigation
- Author:
- Angela Ellis, mathwithmsfleming
- Topic:
- Right Triangles, Triangles
Explore and make a conjecture for each kind of special right triangle:
For a triangle with 45-45-90 degrees, how do the legs relate to each other? How does the hypotenuse relate to the legs?
For a triangle with 30-60-90 degrees, how do the legs relate to each other? How does the hypotenuse relate to the smallest leg?