What are the names of the two shorter sides of a right-angled triangle, as opposed to the hypotenuse?

Question

What are the names of the two shorter sides of a right-angled triangle, as opposed to the hypotenuse?

Answer 1

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The side opposite the right angle is always the hypotenuse,

The side between the right angle and the known angle is the adjacent

The side between the unknown angle and the right angle is the opposite (as it is opposite the unknown)

Answer 2

The adjacent and the opposite.

Answer 3

Cathetus.

The Catheti (plural) are the two sides that include the right angle.  The Hypotenuse is the side opposite the right angle.

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Answer 4

Opposite side and adjacent sides are the other two sides in a right angle triangle.

Answer 5

Opposite and Adjacent sides.

Opposite squared x Adjacent squared = Hypotenuse squared.

Pythagoras Theorem :)