Find the hypotenuse of each isosceles right triangle when the legs are of the given measure. Given = 3 square 2

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Wisnu Wijokangko · Answer 1 · 2019-01-26T16:44:39+0000

As the Pythagoreans discovered to their horror, the sides of the isosceles right triangle are in ratio
$1:1:\sqrt 2$ .

The hypotenuse is
$\sqrt 2$ times the leg, so here is

3 √(2) * √(2) = 6

Answer: 6