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the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 16 and one of the angle is 45 . find the length of the side opposite to that angle ?

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In a 90 45 45 triangle, the 2 legs each have a
length = hypotenuse / square root of 2
length = 16 / square root of 2
length = 16 / 1.4142135624
length = 11.313708499

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