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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))

$$\underset{\,\,\,\,^{\textcolor[rgb]{0.66,0.66,0.66}{360^\circ}}}{{tan}}^{\!\!\mathtt{-1}}{\left({\frac{{\mathtt{50}}}{{\mathtt{45}}}}\right)} = {\mathtt{48.012\: \!787\: \!504\: \!183^{\circ}}}$$

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

$$\underset{\,\,\,\,^{\textcolor[rgb]{0.66,0.66,0.66}{360^\circ}}}{{tan}}^{\!\!\mathtt{-1}}{\left({\frac{{\mathtt{45}}}{{\mathtt{50}}}}\right)} = {\mathtt{41.987\: \!212\: \!495\: \!817^{\circ}}}$$

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))

$$\underset{\,\,\,\,^{\textcolor[rgb]{0.66,0.66,0.66}{360^\circ}}}{{tan}}^{\!\!\mathtt{-1}}{\left({\frac{{\mathtt{50}}}{{\mathtt{45}}}}\right)} = {\mathtt{48.012\: \!787\: \!504\: \!183^{\circ}}}$$

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

$$\underset{\,\,\,\,^{\textcolor[rgb]{0.66,0.66,0.66}{360^\circ}}}{{tan}}^{\!\!\mathtt{-1}}{\left({\frac{{\mathtt{45}}}{{\mathtt{50}}}}\right)} = {\mathtt{41.987\: \!212\: \!495\: \!817^{\circ}}}$$

You should check that these two sum to 90°

Alan Jun 20, 2014

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