Hi there, could you guys help me real quick?
I've watched the videos about the trigonometry and did some of the exercises but still confused about the leg lengths of the right triangle, which one is the adjacent side and which one is the opposite.
Looking forward to replies.
Thanks a lot for the help
Every angle in a triangle is formed by 2 of its 3 sides.
In a right triangle, the 2 legs form the right angle.
Each of the other 2 angles is formed by the hypotenuse and 1 leg; that leg is the adjacent side for that angle. The other leg is the opposite side for that angle -- it is literally across the triangle from the angle, so it's literally opposite that angle.
Triangles have three sides: the longest side, the opposite and adjacent. When you take the sine or cosine of an angle, one of the "legs" of that angle is always the longest side (in right triangles, the hypotenuse). So with that information, the side not touching the angle is the opposite side, and the remaining side (not the longest side and not the opposite side) is the adjacent side.
HTH
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