> I have a triangle with a single right
> angle (iscoseles(sp) triangle? I'm guessing at this point...).  The base
of
> the triangle is 5 units wide, and the height is 4 units.  Given we know
the
> base/height angle is 90 degress and the length of the base and width, I'd
> like to know:
>
> 1)  The length of the hypotenuse (I think that's what it's called).
> 2)  The degree measurement of the other two angles.
>
Some more information:

Law of Sines
sin(Angle1)/Angle1=sin(Angle2)/Angle2=sin(Angle3)/Angle3
Angle1/sin(Angle1)=Angle2/sin(Angle2)=Angle3/sin(Angle3)

You can also use the law of cosines but I forget that one right now.

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