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Vocabulary for Right Triangles, Trig and Vectors

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Hypotenuselongest side of a right triangle, opposite the right angle
Adjacent sideThe side next to an angle (not the hypotenuse)
Opposite sideThe side opposite an angle
sinethe ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse in a right triangle
cosineThe ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse in a right triangle
tangentThe ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent side in a right triangle
Pythagorean TriplesThree integers that are sides of a right triangle like 3, 4, 5
similar trianglesTriangles with the same angle measurements and proportional sides
right isosceles triangleA triangle whose angles are 45,45 and 90
equilateral triangleA triangle whose angles are 60,60,60

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