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
Incircle and excircles of a triangle The touchpoint opposite A is denoted "T", etc. This Gergonne triangle "TTT" is also known as the contact triangle or intouch triangle of "ABC". Its area is where formula_56, formula_57, formula_58 are the area, radius of the incircle and semiperimeter of the original triangle, and formula_7, formula_8, formula_9 are the side lengths of the original triangle. This is the same area as that of the extouch triangle. The three lines "AT", "BT" and "CT" intersect in a single point called the Gergonne point, denoted as "Ge" - "X(7)". The Gergonne point lies in the open orthocentroidal disk punctured at its