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In a 30-60-90 triangle the long leg is half the hypotenuse.
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In a 30-60-90 triangle the long leg is half the hypotenuse.

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And because we know that we cut the base of the equilateral triangle in half, we can see that the side opposite the 30° angle (the shortest side) of each of our 30-60-90 triangles is exactly half the length of the hypotenuse.
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