By James B. and Ryder H.

Triangles, triangles everywhere• 1. Sides: 2.5”, 2.5”, 5.25”• Degrees: 30, 30, 120• 2. Sides: 4.5”, 4.5”, 2.75”• Degrees: 80, 80, 20• 3. Sides: 4.5”, 4.5”, 5.5”• Degrees: 55, 55, 70• 4. Sides: 8”, 3”, 7.25”• Degrees: 10, 80, 90• 5. Sides: 3”, 2.5”, 4.75”• Degrees: 30, 50, 100• 6. Sides: 4.75”, 4.75”, 5.5”• Degrees: 55, 55, 70• 7. Sides: 5.5”, 2.5”, 7”• Degrees: 20, 30, 120• 8. Sides: 7.75”, 7”• Degrees: 65, 30, 85

Triangle #1

• Sine: -0.9880 = 1.25/2.5• Cosine: 0.1542 = 2.125/2.5• Tangent: -6.4053 = 1.25/2.125• Secant: 2.5/1.25 = 2• Cosecant: 2.5/2.125 = 1.1764• Cotangent: 2.125/1.25 = 1.7

• The math worked because I was able to get valid results.

Triangle #2

• Sine = -0.5440 = 1.375/4.5• Cosine = 4.431/4.5 = -0.8390• Tangent = 1.375/4.431• Secant = 4.5/4.431 = 1.015• Cosecant = 4.5/1.375 = 3.272• Cotangent = 4.431/1.375 = 3.222

• The math worked because these numbers were able to be acquired.

Triangle #3

• Sine = 32.25/4.5 = 7.16

• The math I was able to do seemed a bit odd.

Conclusion

• We built a very strange-looking building. In my opinion, it looks like an ammunition pile going off, complete with rockets. The only logical conclusion I can think of for why it is so stable is the sheer amount of right triangles that were created during construction. The equations seemed to work quite well, I was able to find the sine, cosine, tangent, secant, cosecant, and cotangent without much difficulty (once I was finally made to understand how, anyways).

• I believe the measurements were fairly accurate, although I had to adjust the angles a bit. A few minor difficulties were had with the measuring of the angles, but those were sorted out quickly. The math worked as expected and I was able to collect results from it.