In a right triangle (one where one interior angle is 90°), the longest side is called the hypotenuse. It is always the side opposite the 90° angle. See Right Triangle definition.

Pythagoras' Theorem applies to right triangles and states (in word form):

Related triangle topics

General

• Triangle definition
• Hypotenuse
• Triangle interior angles
• Triangle exterior angles
• Pythagoras' Theorem
• A graphical proof of Pythagoras' Theorem
• Pythagorean triples
• Area of a triangle
• Area of a triangle with fixed perimeter
• Triangle circumcircle
• Triangle incircle
• Triangle inequality
• Triangle medians
• Midsegment of a triangle
• Heron's formula

Triangle types

• Right triangle
• Isosceles triangle
• Scalene triangle
• Equilateral triangle
• Obtuse triangle
• Acute triangle
• 3-4-5 triangle
• 30-60-90 triangle
• 45-45-90 triangle

Triangle centers

• Incenter of a triangle
• Circumcenter of a triangle
• Centroid of a triangle
• Orthocenter of a triangle

Congruence and Similarity

• Congruent triangles

Triangle quizzes and exercises

• Triangle type quiz
• Ball Box problem
• How Many Triangles?
• Satellite Orbits