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if one leg in a right triangle is 50 and the other is 45 what are all the angles

 Jun 20, 2014

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Assuming that by "legs" you mean thew sides that aren't the hypotenuse, then just use the arctan function.

 

That is, you have tan(A) = 50/45 so A = atan(50/45)  (i.e. tan-1(A))

tan3601(5045)=48.012787504183

The other angle (B, say) is atan(45/50)

tan3601(4550)=41.987212495817

You should check that these two sum to 90°

 Jun 20, 2014
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Best Answer

Assuming that by "legs" you mean thew sides that aren't the hypotenuse, then just use the arctan function.

 

That is, you have tan(A) = 50/45 so A = atan(50/45)  (i.e. tan-1(A))

tan3601(5045)=48.012787504183

The other angle (B, say) is atan(45/50)

tan3601(4550)=41.987212495817

You should check that these two sum to 90°

Alan Jun 20, 2014

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