Bell Ringer 30 60 3 X Y Find x and y. Objective I can evaluate the legs and hypotenuse of a...

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Bell Ringer 30 60 3 X Y Find x and y

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Page 1: Bell Ringer 30  60  3 X Y Find x and y. Objective I can evaluate the legs and hypotenuse of a 30-60-90 triangle in word problems.

Bell Ringer

30

603

X

Y

Find x and y

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Objective

• I can evaluate the legs and hypotenuse of a 30-60-90 triangle in word problems

Page 3: Bell Ringer 30  60  3 X Y Find x and y. Objective I can evaluate the legs and hypotenuse of a 30-60-90 triangle in word problems.

Let’s identify the sides of a 30-60-90 triangle

30

60

Hypotenuse

Long LegThe side located across the 60 angle!

The shortest side located across the 30 angle!

The longest side located across the right angle!

Short Leg

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30

603

6Hypotenuse = 2*Short Leg

Short Leg

Long Leg= Short Leg*

Formula

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Page 5: Bell Ringer 30  60  3 X Y Find x and y. Objective I can evaluate the legs and hypotenuse of a 30-60-90 triangle in word problems.

Example 1

30

60X

5 3

Y

Find x and y. Solution:

Which leg is given? Long Leg

Long Leg=

Long Leg = Short Leg *

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Example 2

If an equilateral triangle has side with length , find the length of the altitude.

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Solution