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If the hypotenuse of a 45°-45°-90° triangle is 13, what is the length of one of the legs?

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The square of the hypotenuse is 16 * 16 = 169

So the sum of the squares of the other 2 sides = 169

So the square of one side is 84.5

So the length of one side is 9.19
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