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Find the leg of each isosceles right triangle if
hypotenuse is 5 square root 6

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Let x be the measure of both legs since the given is an isosceles right triangle. By the Pythagorean theorem we calculate for the legs,
x² + x² = (5 sqrt 6)²
The value of x from the given equation is approximately 8.66 units.
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