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Find the length of a leg of an isosceles right triangle whose hypotenuse measures 8√2

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Answer:

x = 8

Explanation:

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User BWS
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The length the hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle, or a 45-45-90 triangle, is always radical two times as long as any leg of the triangle. With this, we can set up an equation where x represents the length of a leg.

x
√(2) = 8
√(2)
divide both sides by
√(2)
x = 8

The length of a leg of the triangle is 8
User Nikolay Zakirov
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