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Find the leg of each isosceles right triangle when the hypotenuse is of the given measure Given = 8cm

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Ratio of a leg to the hypotenuse = 1: sqrt2 where x = length of a leg, so

1 /sqrt2 = x / 8

x = 8 / sqrt2 = 8 sqrt2 / 2 = 4 sqrt2 or 5.66 to nearest hundredth answer
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