Question

An isosceles right triangle has sides that are x+2 units long and a hypotenuse that is 8 units long. What is the length of the missing sides of the triangle

Answer 1

In an isosceles right triangle, the hypotenuse is larger than the sides by a factor of the square root of 2.

So, if the hypotenuse is 8 then the sides are 8 / (sq root of 2) = 5.6568542495

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