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
Automedian triangle satisfying the formula "a" = "b" + "c". That is, in order for the three numbers "a", "b", and "c" to be the sides of an automedian triangle, the sequence of three squared side lengths "b", "a", and "c" should form an arithmetic progression. If "x", "y", and "z" are the three sides of a right triangle, sorted in increasing order by size, and if 2"x" < "z", then "z", "x" + "y", and "y" − "x" are the three sides of an automedian triangle. For instance, the right triangle with side lengths 5, 12, and 13 can be used