FRIDAY April 7, 2017

Special Right Triangles

Goals for today:
- Understand that Special Right Triangles carry unique properties that can be used to quickly determine
missing side lengths in a right triangle.
- Practice solving for missing side lengths in special right triangles.
Today we will learn how to EXACTLY
calculate the side lengths of two
types of right triangles.
Kind of like right triangle shortcuts - They make life EASY!
Draw an ISOSCELES RIGHT TRIANGLE
FIND/LABEL THE ANGLE MEASURES.

45 45
 FIND X AND Y
USE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM!

Y
X

**SIMPLIFY THE SQUARE ROOT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!** 5

 EXAMPLE 2:
7

X
Y

You might begin noticing a pattern...if not thats ok!

 EXAMPLE 3:

Y *If you think youve

recognized a pattern dont
say it, but check to see if
youre correct!

11 X
 Two more!

Y 9 6 Y

X X
 So what do we have?

DRAW a picture and write a GENERAL equation for ANY 45-45-90 triangle (isosceles right).

THEN write a sentence or 2 about the relationship between the three sides of a 45-45-90 triangle.
So we multiply the side by 2 to find the hypotenuse.
What do we do if were given the hypotenuse, but we want
to determine the side length?

Divide by 2
 CANT CANT CANT HAVE A SQUARE ROOT IN
Try it! Solve for X & Y THE DENOMINATOR. ITS A BIG NO-NO!!!!!!!

7
X

Y
ANOTHA ONE.

14
 ANOTHA ONE.

Find the exact area of a square with a diagonal of 16.

16
 Now for the second special right triangle!

Label as much as you can all of

the angles and the short leg

?
30-60-90 and the short leg = of the hypotenuse. Now we just need to determine the long leg.
Lets do some examples and figure it out.
Use Pythagorean to determine Y after youve figured out X

8
Y

X
Remember were looking for a pattern Example 2:

X
10
EXAMPLE 3: Is your pattern idea correct? Check it!

X
Y

9
 So what do we have?

DRAW a picture and write a GENERAL equation for ANY 30-60-90 triangle.

THEN write a sentence or 2 about the relationship between the three sides of a 30-60-90 triangle.
Some more practice:

30

X
16

Y
 Anotha one plus one more:

30
15

X
9
Y
X
60

Y
 RECAP:
Two types of Special Right Triangles: 30-60-90 and 45-45-90
30-60-90: 45-45-90:

2X X2
X3 X

X X
PRACTICE PROBLEMS WITH A FRIEND MOVE AROUND!
USE WHITE BOARDS OR WINDOWS (:
 Enjoy the SUN (:
Have a GREAT weekend!

Homework: PAGE 461 #2-26 EVEN & 31