Special Right

Triangles
FRANCHETTE SILVA
 What are they?
AND WHY ARE THEY SPECIAL?

-Angles and sides are predictable

and consistent
-Solving is quicker and easier
-2 kinds of special right triangles
45-45-90 triangle 30-60-90 triangle
45 deg
60 deg

30 deg
45 deg
45-45-90 triangle 30-60-90 triangle
45 deg

x 60 deg
x
x x
30 deg
45 deg

x x
 Do you think this is
36 a special right
degrees

triangle?

54
degrees
PROOF 30-60-90 TRIANGLE
 PROOF 45-45-90 TRIANGLE
Pythagorean Theorem:

X X x + x = c
2x = c
x 2 = c
 SOLVING PROBLEMS
90 - 60 = 30 degrees

60 deg
side opposite the 30 degree
14cm angle is x/2
? hypotenuse= 14/2 =7cm

side opposite the 60 degree

angle is x 3
? = 7 3cm
 SOLVING PROBLEMS
90 - 60 = 30 degrees
side opposite the 60 degree
60 deg
angle is 4 2 x 3
? = 4 6 cm
4 2cm
side opposite the 90 degree
angle is 2 x 4 2
? = 8 2 cm
 SOLVING PROBLEMS
90 - 30 = 60 degrees
side opposite the 30 degree
12cm
? angle is 12 3 / 3 x 3 / 3
= 12 3 / 3 = 4 3cm
30 deg
side opposite the 90 degree
? angle is 2 x 4 3
= 8 3 cm
 SOLVING PROBLEMS
x= 14 2 cm
x or
14cm x = 196+196
= 14 2cm

14cm
 SOLVING PROBLEMS
45 deg
(2 2) + (2 2) = x
2 2cm 2(2 2) = x
x 2x4x2 = x
16 = x
+4
- = x
4cm = x
 SOLVING PROBLEMS
2 6cm x + y = (2 6)
45 deg
2x = 2 6
2x / 2= 24 / 2
x y x = 12

x = 4x3 = 4 x 3
x = 2 3cm
 WORD PROBLEM
Jake is going to the park to practice skateboarding. He has a skate board ramp
that must be set up to rise from the ground at 30 ̊. If the height from the
ground to the platform is 10 feet, how far is the ramp to the platform? How
long is the ramp up to the top of the platform?
90 - 30 = 60 degrees
side opposite the 90 degree
10ft z angle is 2x
z= 2(10) = 20cm
side opposite the 60 degree
30 deg
angle is 20 - 10 = 300
y y = 300 = 10 3cm