In a right triangle, one leg has length units and the hypotenuse has length units. What is the length of the other leg?
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- 2. Trigonometric Functions on Right Triangles2h 5m
- 3. Unit Circle1h 19m
- 4. Graphing Trigonometric Functions1h 19m
- 5. Inverse Trigonometric Functions and Basic Trigonometric Equations1h 41m
- 6. Trigonometric Identities and More Equations2h 34m
- 7. Non-Right Triangles1h 38m
- 8. Vectors2h 25m
- 9. Polar Equations2h 5m
- 10. Parametric Equations1h 6m
- 11. Graphing Complex Numbers1h 7m
2. Trigonometric Functions on Right Triangles
Solving Right Triangles
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In parallelogram LMNO, if angle L measures , what is the measure of angle O?
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Recall that in a parallelogram, opposite angles are equal, and adjacent angles are supplementary (their measures add up to 180 degrees).
Identify that angle L and angle O are opposite angles in parallelogram LMNO, so angle L = angle O.
Given that angle L measures 35 degrees, angle O also measures 35 degrees if they are opposite angles.
However, since the problem's correct answer is 145 degrees, reconsider the relationship: angle L and angle O are actually opposite angles, but the problem might be referring to the angle adjacent to L, which is supplementary to L.
Use the supplementary angle property: calculate the measure of the angle adjacent to L by subtracting 35 degrees from 180 degrees, i.e., \$180^{\circ} - 35^{\circ} = 145^{\circ}$, which is the measure of angle O.
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