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%This document can be run standalone if few comments
%are removed. This is useful to check and modify the drawing.
%
%\documentclass{article}
%\usepackage{calc}
%\usepackage{tikz}
%\usetikzlibrary{arrows,decorations.markings}
%\begin{document}

%length of the base of triangle.
%\newlength{\trianglebase}
%and its height
%\newlength{\triangleheight}
%Length of the mark for the right angle
%\newlength{\ranglesizeB}
%
\setlength{\trianglebase}{2cm}
\setlength{\triangleheight}{1.5cm}
\setlength{\ranglesizeB}{0.15cm}

\savebox\TriangleBox{%
\begin{tikzpicture}
%Coordinates of the triangle
\coordinate (A) at (0,0);
\coordinate (B) at (\trianglebase,0);
\coordinate (C) at (.167\trianglebase,\triangleheight);
\coordinate (HeightBase) at (.167\trianglebase,0);
%
%Triangle with origin in (0,0) and a height of \triangleheight
%arriving at point "HeightBase".
\draw [thick] (A) -- (C) node[midway,left] {$b$}
-- (B) node[midway,above] {$a$}
-- cycle node[midway,below] {$c$};
%Draw the height
\draw (HeightBase) -- (C) node[midway,right]{$h$};

%Draw the right angle symbol
\draw (HeightBase) -- ++ (0, \ranglesizeB) -- ++ (\ranglesizeB, 0) -- ++(0,-\ranglesizeB) -- cycle;

%Put a letter for the angle.
\draw (A) node[below,left]{$A$};
\draw (B) node[below,right]{$B$};
\draw (C) node[above]{$C$};
\end{tikzpicture}
}
%\end{document}