Help please...I'm having a brain fart

[ChiRen]

Okay, I cannot remember for the life of me how to find the height of a right triangle. I am assuming it is just finding the length of the perpendicular side, but how?
I know two of the sides, but I don't know the other. Help! lol

[Tonya]

It's been to long since I've been in school. I don't remember. I'll ask my husband when he comes back. He uses math at work, so he remembers all that stuff.

[ChiRen]

:p

I really hate math.
I need the formula for a Lab Report I need to do for my science class. Yuck.

[ChiRen]

Ah, nevermind...
I just made a way up, lol.
I don't even care. haha :p

[CatDad]

If you still want to know you would modify the Pythagorean theorem.

I can't really make mathimatical symbols here, but it is a sqaured plus b squared = C squared.

So the height is generally referd to as b. That being the case you need to solve for that.

The formula would be:
b = the square root of( a squared minus c squared)

It is really hard to write out if you can't use the proper symbols.

Here is a link to a page that will give you the proper formula:
http://www.webmath.com/cgi/rtri.cgi?c=5&e=&b=%3F&d=&a=4

I hope that helps.

[catnapper]

Originally posted by CatDad
If you still want to know you would modify the Pythagorean theorem.

I can't really make mathimatical symbols here, but it is a sqaured plus b squared = C squared.

So the height is generally referd to as b. That being the case you need to solve for that.

The formula would be:
b = the square root of( a squared minus c squared)

It is really had to write out if you can use the proper symbols.

Here is a link to a page that will give you the proper formula:
http://www.webmath.com/cgi/rtri.cgi?c=5&e=&b=%3F&d=&a=4

I hope that helps.

Showoff!!!:rolleyes:
Of course you'd know that one! :D :D :D Thank goodness I have absolutely no use for that information in my life - and better yet - nobody has asked me that!!!:D

[CatDad]

Originally posted by catnapper
Showoff!!!:rolleyes:
Of course you'd know that one! :D :D :D Thank goodness I have absolutely no use for that information in my life - and better yet - nobody has asked me that!!!:D
LOL!!:D

Actually believe it or not I have actually had to use some of those functions after I got out of school. I have not had to use them for years, but they did come in handy.

Now, I did have to refresh my memory in order to answer it. I hope that makes you feel a little better.;)

[ChiRen]

Ah thank you so much!
Believe or not, that is the formula I made up!! lol
Thanks for reaffirming it for me though! :)

[popcornbird]

If I understood you correctly, this is how you do it.

I love math. :D Excuse my *mouse-writing*..........he he he

http://img17.photobucket.com/albums/v51/popcornbird/2ff36d1c.jpg

[popcornbird]

*bumpie*

[Kfamr]

I believe she already figured it out :P ::



Originally posted by ChiRen
Ah thank you so much!
Believe or not, that is the formula I made up!! lol
Thanks for reaffirming it for me though! :)

[ChiRen]

Yes, I did...thanks for clearing it up Kay. :):):)

Popcornbird, thank you though. :)
That's exactly how I did it. See? I'm not that dumb. ;):p

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by ChiRen
Yes, I did...thanks for clearing it up Kay. :):):)

Popcornbird, thank you though. :)
That's exactly how I did it. See? I'm not that dumb. ;):p

LOL! Of course you aren't! We all have brain-farts at times. ;) I didn't see that you figured it out. Shows that my mind is completely elsewhere today. :(

[ChiRen]

It's okay, Pops. :p
Want me to help you get it back? ;)

[2kitties]

wooohoo popcorn with the visual aids;)
*kisses to the brainy one*

[popcornbird]

ChiRen, nope........my mind's on Binx today, so I haven't been reading any other thread deeply. Won't work if you try to get it back. :(


Originally posted by 2kitties
wooohoo popcorn with the visual aids;)
*kisses to the brainy one*

Brainy? :eek: Me..........brainy? Nope........don't think so. :p LOL

[ChiRen]

Well then that's a whole 'nother story Pops. :(