Re: How to calculate the height of a triangle given the "pitch" and the length of the hypotenuse?
- Posted by ArthurCrump Aug 11, 2013
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DonCole said...
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Don't you have to have 3 elements to calculate a triangle?
side, side, side
side, angle side
angle, side, angle
angle, angle, angle
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Don Cole
In general, 3 elements are required to specify a triangle (but not three angles). However, the original post mentioned a hypotenuse, which suggests that a right-angled triangle is intended, though it does not say so explicitly. Some subsequent posts have assumed this. This leaves only two more elements to be specified.
Arthur