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What is the measure of the hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle with leg lengths 6.
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What is the measure of the hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle with leg lengths 6.

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Look at the picture.

Use the Pitagorean theorem:


b^2=6^2+6^2\\\\b^2=36+36\\\\b^2=36\cdot2\to b=√(36\cdot2)\\\\b=√(36)\cdot\sqrt2\\\\b=6\sqrt2

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