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Trigonometric Ratios
Vocabulary used to help understand trigonometric ratios.
| Hypotenuse | Longest side of right triangle opposite the right angle |
| Sine | ratio of the opposite leg to the hypotenuse of a right triangle |
| Cosine | ratio of the adjacent leg to the hypotenuse of a right triangle |
| Tangent | ratio of the opposite leg to the adjacent leg of a right triangle |
| Right Triangle | a polygon with one 90 degree angle comprised of two legs and a hypotenuse |
| Pythagorean Theorem | a^2 + b^2 = c^2; used to find a missing side of a right triangle |