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Find Out Things About Right Triangle

A right triangle is a triangle that has a 90 degree angle as one of its angles. This page will allow you to calculate things related to a right triangle.

Notes about right triangles:

  • The base b, height h and single right angle define the right triangle.
  • You can get help figuring out other things about right triangles, here.
  • The area of a right triangle is 1/2 × base × height, or 1/2bh.
  • The perimenter of a right triangle is b+h+(b2+h2)1/2.

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