How to align text above triangle figure












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I managed to align my hypotenuse text with the hypotenuse side of my triangle, but I feel like it was done inefficiently using a lot of ~~~~~~ in this line node[above] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$~~~~~~~} (B) --.



Is there a better way to get the same alignment that I have now without the excessive use of ~?



enter image description here



documentclass[hidelinks,14pt, letterpaper]{extarticle}
usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, tikz}

newcommand{pythagwidth}{3cm}
newcommand{pythagheight}{2cm}

begin{document}
begin{figure}[h]
centering

begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.25]
coordinate [label=left:$A$] (A) at (-1.5cm,-1.cm);
coordinate [label=above:$B$] (B) at (1.5cm,1.0cm);
coordinate [label=below right:$C$] (C) at (1.5cm,-1.0cm);
draw
(A) --
node[above] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$~~~~~~~} (B) --
node[right] {?} (C) --
node[below] {?}
(A);
draw
(1.25cm,-1.0cm) rectangle (1.5cm,-0.75cm);

end{tikzpicture}
caption{Caption}
label{fig:my_label}
end{figure}
end{document}









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    I managed to align my hypotenuse text with the hypotenuse side of my triangle, but I feel like it was done inefficiently using a lot of ~~~~~~ in this line node[above] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$~~~~~~~} (B) --.



    Is there a better way to get the same alignment that I have now without the excessive use of ~?



    enter image description here



    documentclass[hidelinks,14pt, letterpaper]{extarticle}
    usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, tikz}

    newcommand{pythagwidth}{3cm}
    newcommand{pythagheight}{2cm}

    begin{document}
    begin{figure}[h]
    centering

    begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.25]
    coordinate [label=left:$A$] (A) at (-1.5cm,-1.cm);
    coordinate [label=above:$B$] (B) at (1.5cm,1.0cm);
    coordinate [label=below right:$C$] (C) at (1.5cm,-1.0cm);
    draw
    (A) --
    node[above] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$~~~~~~~} (B) --
    node[right] {?} (C) --
    node[below] {?}
    (A);
    draw
    (1.25cm,-1.0cm) rectangle (1.5cm,-0.75cm);

    end{tikzpicture}
    caption{Caption}
    label{fig:my_label}
    end{figure}
    end{document}









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      I managed to align my hypotenuse text with the hypotenuse side of my triangle, but I feel like it was done inefficiently using a lot of ~~~~~~ in this line node[above] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$~~~~~~~} (B) --.



      Is there a better way to get the same alignment that I have now without the excessive use of ~?



      enter image description here



      documentclass[hidelinks,14pt, letterpaper]{extarticle}
      usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, tikz}

      newcommand{pythagwidth}{3cm}
      newcommand{pythagheight}{2cm}

      begin{document}
      begin{figure}[h]
      centering

      begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.25]
      coordinate [label=left:$A$] (A) at (-1.5cm,-1.cm);
      coordinate [label=above:$B$] (B) at (1.5cm,1.0cm);
      coordinate [label=below right:$C$] (C) at (1.5cm,-1.0cm);
      draw
      (A) --
      node[above] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$~~~~~~~} (B) --
      node[right] {?} (C) --
      node[below] {?}
      (A);
      draw
      (1.25cm,-1.0cm) rectangle (1.5cm,-0.75cm);

      end{tikzpicture}
      caption{Caption}
      label{fig:my_label}
      end{figure}
      end{document}









      share|improve this question














      I managed to align my hypotenuse text with the hypotenuse side of my triangle, but I feel like it was done inefficiently using a lot of ~~~~~~ in this line node[above] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$~~~~~~~} (B) --.



      Is there a better way to get the same alignment that I have now without the excessive use of ~?



      enter image description here



      documentclass[hidelinks,14pt, letterpaper]{extarticle}
      usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, tikz}

      newcommand{pythagwidth}{3cm}
      newcommand{pythagheight}{2cm}

      begin{document}
      begin{figure}[h]
      centering

      begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.25]
      coordinate [label=left:$A$] (A) at (-1.5cm,-1.cm);
      coordinate [label=above:$B$] (B) at (1.5cm,1.0cm);
      coordinate [label=below right:$C$] (C) at (1.5cm,-1.0cm);
      draw
      (A) --
      node[above] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$~~~~~~~} (B) --
      node[right] {?} (C) --
      node[below] {?}
      (A);
      draw
      (1.25cm,-1.0cm) rectangle (1.5cm,-0.75cm);

      end{tikzpicture}
      caption{Caption}
      label{fig:my_label}
      end{figure}
      end{document}






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          Something like this? I use node[midway,above left=0pt,inner sep=0.5pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$}, where inner sep=0.5pt controls the distance.



          documentclass[hidelinks,14pt, letterpaper]{extarticle}
          usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, tikz}

          newcommand{pythagwidth}{3cm}
          newcommand{pythagheight}{2cm}

          begin{document}
          begin{figure}[h]
          centering

          begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.25]
          coordinate [label=left:$A$] (A) at (-1.5cm,-1.cm);
          coordinate [label=above:$B$] (B) at (1.5cm,1.0cm);
          coordinate [label=below right:$C$] (C) at (1.5cm,-1.0cm);
          draw
          (A) --
          node[midway,above left=0pt,inner sep=0.5pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$} (B) --
          node[right] {?} (C) --
          node[below] {?}
          (A);
          draw
          (1.25cm,-1.0cm) rectangle (1.5cm,-0.75cm);

          end{tikzpicture}
          caption{Caption}
          label{fig:my_label}
          end{figure}
          end{document}


          enter image description here



          ADDENDUM: Just for fun: an even simpler and shorter code with TikZ...



          documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.25]
          draw (-1.5,-1) coordinate [label=left:$A$] (A) --
          node[midway,above,sloped] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$}
          (1.5,1) coordinate [label=above:$B$] (B) --
          node[right] {?}
          (1.5,-1)coordinate [label=below right:$C$] (C) --
          node[below] {?} cycle;
          draw ([xshift=-0.25cm]C) |- ([yshift=0.25cm]C);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






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          • yes that is it thanks! It seems like simply having node [midway,above left=0pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$} (B) -- does the trick too without using inner_sept

            – Evan Kim
            3 hours ago





















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          Just for fun: with pstricks, a very short code to have this figure:



           documentclass{article}
          usepackage{pst-eucl}%,
          usepackage{auto-pst-pdf}

          begin{document}

          begin{postscript}
          psset{unit=2, linejoin=1, PointSymbol=none,}
          pstTriangle(-1.5,-1){A}(1.5,1){B}(1.5,-1){C}
          ncline[linestyle=none]{A}{B}naput*[nrot=:U]{$ sqrt{1 + x^2}$}
          psset{PointName=none}
          pstMiddleAB{A}{C}{I}uput[d](I){?}
          pstMiddleAB{B}{C}{J}uput[r](J){?}
          end{postscript}

          end{document}


          enter image description here






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            Something like this? I use node[midway,above left=0pt,inner sep=0.5pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$}, where inner sep=0.5pt controls the distance.



            documentclass[hidelinks,14pt, letterpaper]{extarticle}
            usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, tikz}

            newcommand{pythagwidth}{3cm}
            newcommand{pythagheight}{2cm}

            begin{document}
            begin{figure}[h]
            centering

            begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.25]
            coordinate [label=left:$A$] (A) at (-1.5cm,-1.cm);
            coordinate [label=above:$B$] (B) at (1.5cm,1.0cm);
            coordinate [label=below right:$C$] (C) at (1.5cm,-1.0cm);
            draw
            (A) --
            node[midway,above left=0pt,inner sep=0.5pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$} (B) --
            node[right] {?} (C) --
            node[below] {?}
            (A);
            draw
            (1.25cm,-1.0cm) rectangle (1.5cm,-0.75cm);

            end{tikzpicture}
            caption{Caption}
            label{fig:my_label}
            end{figure}
            end{document}


            enter image description here



            ADDENDUM: Just for fun: an even simpler and shorter code with TikZ...



            documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
            begin{document}
            begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.25]
            draw (-1.5,-1) coordinate [label=left:$A$] (A) --
            node[midway,above,sloped] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$}
            (1.5,1) coordinate [label=above:$B$] (B) --
            node[right] {?}
            (1.5,-1)coordinate [label=below right:$C$] (C) --
            node[below] {?} cycle;
            draw ([xshift=-0.25cm]C) |- ([yshift=0.25cm]C);
            end{tikzpicture}
            end{document}


            enter image description here






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            • yes that is it thanks! It seems like simply having node [midway,above left=0pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$} (B) -- does the trick too without using inner_sept

              – Evan Kim
              3 hours ago


















            5














            Something like this? I use node[midway,above left=0pt,inner sep=0.5pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$}, where inner sep=0.5pt controls the distance.



            documentclass[hidelinks,14pt, letterpaper]{extarticle}
            usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, tikz}

            newcommand{pythagwidth}{3cm}
            newcommand{pythagheight}{2cm}

            begin{document}
            begin{figure}[h]
            centering

            begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.25]
            coordinate [label=left:$A$] (A) at (-1.5cm,-1.cm);
            coordinate [label=above:$B$] (B) at (1.5cm,1.0cm);
            coordinate [label=below right:$C$] (C) at (1.5cm,-1.0cm);
            draw
            (A) --
            node[midway,above left=0pt,inner sep=0.5pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$} (B) --
            node[right] {?} (C) --
            node[below] {?}
            (A);
            draw
            (1.25cm,-1.0cm) rectangle (1.5cm,-0.75cm);

            end{tikzpicture}
            caption{Caption}
            label{fig:my_label}
            end{figure}
            end{document}


            enter image description here



            ADDENDUM: Just for fun: an even simpler and shorter code with TikZ...



            documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
            begin{document}
            begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.25]
            draw (-1.5,-1) coordinate [label=left:$A$] (A) --
            node[midway,above,sloped] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$}
            (1.5,1) coordinate [label=above:$B$] (B) --
            node[right] {?}
            (1.5,-1)coordinate [label=below right:$C$] (C) --
            node[below] {?} cycle;
            draw ([xshift=-0.25cm]C) |- ([yshift=0.25cm]C);
            end{tikzpicture}
            end{document}


            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer


























            • yes that is it thanks! It seems like simply having node [midway,above left=0pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$} (B) -- does the trick too without using inner_sept

              – Evan Kim
              3 hours ago
















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            Something like this? I use node[midway,above left=0pt,inner sep=0.5pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$}, where inner sep=0.5pt controls the distance.



            documentclass[hidelinks,14pt, letterpaper]{extarticle}
            usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, tikz}

            newcommand{pythagwidth}{3cm}
            newcommand{pythagheight}{2cm}

            begin{document}
            begin{figure}[h]
            centering

            begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.25]
            coordinate [label=left:$A$] (A) at (-1.5cm,-1.cm);
            coordinate [label=above:$B$] (B) at (1.5cm,1.0cm);
            coordinate [label=below right:$C$] (C) at (1.5cm,-1.0cm);
            draw
            (A) --
            node[midway,above left=0pt,inner sep=0.5pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$} (B) --
            node[right] {?} (C) --
            node[below] {?}
            (A);
            draw
            (1.25cm,-1.0cm) rectangle (1.5cm,-0.75cm);

            end{tikzpicture}
            caption{Caption}
            label{fig:my_label}
            end{figure}
            end{document}


            enter image description here



            ADDENDUM: Just for fun: an even simpler and shorter code with TikZ...



            documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
            begin{document}
            begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.25]
            draw (-1.5,-1) coordinate [label=left:$A$] (A) --
            node[midway,above,sloped] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$}
            (1.5,1) coordinate [label=above:$B$] (B) --
            node[right] {?}
            (1.5,-1)coordinate [label=below right:$C$] (C) --
            node[below] {?} cycle;
            draw ([xshift=-0.25cm]C) |- ([yshift=0.25cm]C);
            end{tikzpicture}
            end{document}


            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer















            Something like this? I use node[midway,above left=0pt,inner sep=0.5pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$}, where inner sep=0.5pt controls the distance.



            documentclass[hidelinks,14pt, letterpaper]{extarticle}
            usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, tikz}

            newcommand{pythagwidth}{3cm}
            newcommand{pythagheight}{2cm}

            begin{document}
            begin{figure}[h]
            centering

            begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.25]
            coordinate [label=left:$A$] (A) at (-1.5cm,-1.cm);
            coordinate [label=above:$B$] (B) at (1.5cm,1.0cm);
            coordinate [label=below right:$C$] (C) at (1.5cm,-1.0cm);
            draw
            (A) --
            node[midway,above left=0pt,inner sep=0.5pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$} (B) --
            node[right] {?} (C) --
            node[below] {?}
            (A);
            draw
            (1.25cm,-1.0cm) rectangle (1.5cm,-0.75cm);

            end{tikzpicture}
            caption{Caption}
            label{fig:my_label}
            end{figure}
            end{document}


            enter image description here



            ADDENDUM: Just for fun: an even simpler and shorter code with TikZ...



            documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
            begin{document}
            begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.25]
            draw (-1.5,-1) coordinate [label=left:$A$] (A) --
            node[midway,above,sloped] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$}
            (1.5,1) coordinate [label=above:$B$] (B) --
            node[right] {?}
            (1.5,-1)coordinate [label=below right:$C$] (C) --
            node[below] {?} cycle;
            draw ([xshift=-0.25cm]C) |- ([yshift=0.25cm]C);
            end{tikzpicture}
            end{document}


            enter image description here







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            • yes that is it thanks! It seems like simply having node [midway,above left=0pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$} (B) -- does the trick too without using inner_sept

              – Evan Kim
              3 hours ago





















            • yes that is it thanks! It seems like simply having node [midway,above left=0pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$} (B) -- does the trick too without using inner_sept

              – Evan Kim
              3 hours ago



















            yes that is it thanks! It seems like simply having node [midway,above left=0pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$} (B) -- does the trick too without using inner_sept

            – Evan Kim
            3 hours ago







            yes that is it thanks! It seems like simply having node [midway,above left=0pt] {$sqrt{1+x^2}$} (B) -- does the trick too without using inner_sept

            – Evan Kim
            3 hours ago













            1














            Just for fun: with pstricks, a very short code to have this figure:



             documentclass{article}
            usepackage{pst-eucl}%,
            usepackage{auto-pst-pdf}

            begin{document}

            begin{postscript}
            psset{unit=2, linejoin=1, PointSymbol=none,}
            pstTriangle(-1.5,-1){A}(1.5,1){B}(1.5,-1){C}
            ncline[linestyle=none]{A}{B}naput*[nrot=:U]{$ sqrt{1 + x^2}$}
            psset{PointName=none}
            pstMiddleAB{A}{C}{I}uput[d](I){?}
            pstMiddleAB{B}{C}{J}uput[r](J){?}
            end{postscript}

            end{document}


            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer




























              1














              Just for fun: with pstricks, a very short code to have this figure:



               documentclass{article}
              usepackage{pst-eucl}%,
              usepackage{auto-pst-pdf}

              begin{document}

              begin{postscript}
              psset{unit=2, linejoin=1, PointSymbol=none,}
              pstTriangle(-1.5,-1){A}(1.5,1){B}(1.5,-1){C}
              ncline[linestyle=none]{A}{B}naput*[nrot=:U]{$ sqrt{1 + x^2}$}
              psset{PointName=none}
              pstMiddleAB{A}{C}{I}uput[d](I){?}
              pstMiddleAB{B}{C}{J}uput[r](J){?}
              end{postscript}

              end{document}


              enter image description here






              share|improve this answer


























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                1







                Just for fun: with pstricks, a very short code to have this figure:



                 documentclass{article}
                usepackage{pst-eucl}%,
                usepackage{auto-pst-pdf}

                begin{document}

                begin{postscript}
                psset{unit=2, linejoin=1, PointSymbol=none,}
                pstTriangle(-1.5,-1){A}(1.5,1){B}(1.5,-1){C}
                ncline[linestyle=none]{A}{B}naput*[nrot=:U]{$ sqrt{1 + x^2}$}
                psset{PointName=none}
                pstMiddleAB{A}{C}{I}uput[d](I){?}
                pstMiddleAB{B}{C}{J}uput[r](J){?}
                end{postscript}

                end{document}


                enter image description here






                share|improve this answer













                Just for fun: with pstricks, a very short code to have this figure:



                 documentclass{article}
                usepackage{pst-eucl}%,
                usepackage{auto-pst-pdf}

                begin{document}

                begin{postscript}
                psset{unit=2, linejoin=1, PointSymbol=none,}
                pstTriangle(-1.5,-1){A}(1.5,1){B}(1.5,-1){C}
                ncline[linestyle=none]{A}{B}naput*[nrot=:U]{$ sqrt{1 + x^2}$}
                psset{PointName=none}
                pstMiddleAB{A}{C}{I}uput[d](I){?}
                pstMiddleAB{B}{C}{J}uput[r](J){?}
                end{postscript}

                end{document}


                enter image description here







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