This week, we learned about Trigonometry Ratios. I was having trouble distinguishing opposite, hypotenuse, and adjacent. I could distinguish them by solving problems.

Given a right triangle with a non-right angle designated as θ. we can label the hypotenuse (always the side opposite the right angle) and then label the other two sides “with respect to θ”. The side opposite the angle θ is the “opposite” side, and the other side, being next to the angle (but not being the hypotenuse) is the “adjacent” side.