How do you label the "opposite" and "adjacent" sides of a triangle?

Question

How do you label the "opposite" and "adjacent" sides of a triangle?

Answer 1

The way I remember is hypotenuse = longest side.

Opposite = side across (opposite) from a given angle

Adjacent = side that is next to the given angle

Hope this help, if not please free to let me know and I am more than happy to clarify it for you!