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The hypotenuse of a 45°-45°-90° triangle measures 128 cm. What is the length of one leg of the triangle?

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You can use the Pythagorean theorem to find this answer, by dividing 128 into two parts and finding the square roots of those. so 128/2 = 64 square root of 64 = 8


8^(2) +
8^(2) = 128 So your answer should be 8
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