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The side lengths of a 45-45-90 triangle are in the ratio

The side lengths of a 45-45-90 triangle are in the ratio-example-1
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First, let's draw a triangle with these angles and ratios:

The sine relation is equal to the length of the opposite leg to the angle over the length of the hypotenuse.

So the sine of 45° is:


\begin{gathered} \sin45°=(x)/(x√(2))\\ \\ \sin45°=(1)/(√(2))\\ \\ \sin45°=(√(2))/((√(2))^2)\\ \\ \sin45°=(√(2))/(2) \end{gathered}

Therefore the correct option is C.

The side lengths of a 45-45-90 triangle are in the ratio-example-1
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