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Geometry 8-3a GeoGebra Primer: Identifying Sides of Right Triangles

By Matt Richardson
Last updated about 3 years ago
3 Questions
Interact with the embedded GeoGebra applet below before responding to the items that follow.

Exploration: How would you describe the hypotenuse of a right triangle? What is it? How do you identify it?

Exploration: How, within a right triangle, would you be able to identify an acute angle's opposite leg?

Exploration: How, within a right triangle, would you be able to identify an acute angle's adjacent leg?