Hypotenuse

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):

Other triangle topics

General

• Triangle definition
• Hypotenuse
• Triangle interior angles
• Triangle exterior angles
• Triangle exterior angle theorem
• Pythagorean Theorem
• Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
• Pythagorean triples
• Triangle circumcircle
• Triangle incircle
• Triangle medians
• Triangle altitudes
• Midsegment of a triangle
• Triangle inequality
• Side / angle relationship

Perimeter / Area

• Perimeter of a triangle
• Area of a triangle
• Heron's formula
• Area of an equilateral triangle
• Area by the "side angle side" method
• Area of a triangle with fixed perimeter

Triangle types

• Right triangle
• Isosceles triangle
• Scalene triangle
• Equilateral triangle
• Equiangular 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
• Euler line

Congruence and Similarity

• Congruent triangles

Solving triangles

• Solving the Triangle
• Law of sines
• Law of cosines

Triangle quizzes and exercises

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