Right triangle Right triangle A right triangle (American English) or right-angled triangle (British English) is a triangle in which one angle is a right angle (that is, a 90-degree angle). The relation between the sides and angles of a right triangle is the basis for trigonometry. The side opposite the right angle is called the "hypotenuse" (side "c" in the figure). The sides adjacent to the right angle are called "legs" (or "catheti", singular: "cathetus"). Side "a" may be identified as the side "adjacent to angle B" and "opposed to" (or "opposite") "angle A", while side "b" is the side "adjacent to
Special right triangle its sides be in a geometric progression. The 3–4–5 triangle is the unique right triangle (up to scaling) whose sides are in an arithmetic progression. Let be the side length of a regular decagon inscribed in the unit circle, where "φ" is the golden ratio. Let be the side length of a regular hexagon in the unit circle, and let {2}}</math>}} be the side length of a regular pentagon in the unit circle. Then , so these three lengths form the sides of a right triangle. The same triangle forms half of a golden rectangle. It may also be found