Right triangle
A right triangle, (also called a right-angled triangle), has one angle that is 90 degrees. The other two angles always add up to 90 degrees but can be different sizes. The side opposite to the right angle is the hypotenuse; it is the longest side in the right triangle. The other two sides are the legs or catheti (singular: cathetus) of the triangle.
Right triangle
Missing sides or angles of a right triangle can be found using trigonometry, the Pythagorean theorem, and many other ways. In any triangle all the angles add up to 180 degrees.
Special cases, including regular polygons with their own names, in parentheses List of polygons by number of sides | ||
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| 31–50 sides | ||
| 51–100 sides (selected) | ||
| >100 sides | ||
| Star polygons (5–12 sides) | ||
| Triangles | ||
| Quadrilaterals | ||
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