Some individually sufficient conditions are:
Hypotenuse-Leg (HL) Theorem: The hypotenuse and a leg in a right triangle have the same
length as those in another right triangle. This is also called RHS (right-angle, hypotenuse, side).
Hypotenuse-Angle Theorem: The hypotenuse and an acute angle in one right triangle have
the same length and measure, respectively, as those in the other right triangle. This is just a
particular case of the AAS theorem.
An important condition is:
Side-Side-Angle (or Angle-Side-Side) condition: If two sides and a corresponding non-
included angle of a triangle have the same length and measure, respectively, as those in
another triangle, then this is not sufficient to prove congruence; but if the angle given is opposite
to the longer side of the two sides, then the triangles are congruent. The Hypotenuse-Leg
Theorem is a particular case of this criterion. The Side-Side-Angle condition does not by itself
guarantee that the triangles are congruent because one triangle could be obtuse-angled and the
other acute-angled.
Using right triangles and the concept of similarity, the trigonometric functions sine and cosine can be
defined. These are functions of an angle which are investigated in trigonometry.