Name: What Are the Adjacent and Opposite Legs of an Angle?
Uploaded: 2023-05-22T11:42:25.799Z
Channel: House of Math
Description: The edges in a right triangle are known as the adjacent leg, opposite leg, and hypotenuse. This video explains how they’re determined relative to an angle.

The edges in a right triangle are known as the adjacent leg, opposite leg, and hypotenuse. This video explains how they’re determined relative to an angle.

Given an acute angle in a right triangle, the adjacent leg is a part of the angle

Given an acute angle in a right triangle, the opposite leg is across from the angle

The longest side in a right triangle and the side across from the right angle

Triangle where one angle equals 90 degrees

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Adjacent and Opposite Legs

Ratios of the Sides of Similar Right Triangles

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The edges in a right triangle are known as the adjacent leg, opposite leg, and hypotenuse. This video explains how they’re determined relative to an angle. 

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