CK12 - Geometry

To find the lengthof segment , identifyits relationshipto the rest of the triangle.Sinceit is an altitude,

it formstwo congruenttriangleswith anglesmeasuring , , and. So, will be the product

of (the shorterleg) and.

yards,or approximately yards.

SpecialRightTrianglesin the RealWorld

You can use specialright trianglesin manyreal-worldcontexts.Manyreal-lifeapplicationsof geometryrely
on specialright triangles,so beingable to recalland use theseratiosis a way to savetime whensolving
problems.

Example 6

The diagrambelowshowsthe shadowa flagpolecastsat a certaintime of day.

If the lengthof the shadowcast by the flagpoleis

m, whatis the heightof the flagpoleand the lengthof the hypotenuseof the right triangleshown?