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Recent Examples on the WebThe former’s course is 0.64 miles and will be a compact right triangle with Massachusetts Ave. Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Aug. 2022 Here is a picture: Since the ground is perpendicular to the tree, its shadow forms one side of a right triangle. Rhett Allain, Wired, 14 Mar. 2022 Today, Pythagorean triples are still useful in calculating the lengths of each side of a right triangle, namely in navigation and construction. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2021 As Carl Engelking reported for Discover magazine in 2017, the pair argued that Babylonians used a base-60 system to make calculations based on the lengths of the sides of a right triangle. Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2021 Now the tab is bigger and more of a right triangle. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2020 Scenario 2: Summation and Symmetry Consider a hypothetical rigid object that is shaped like a right triangle with virtually all of its mass concentrated at its vertices.Quanta Magazine, 17 Jan. 2020 Consider a hypothetical rigid object that is shaped like a right triangle with virtually all of its mass concentrated at its vertices.Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2019 Since x and y are perpendicular to each other, these components form the sides of a right triangle. Rhett Allain, WIRED, 18 June 2019 See More