Quilt squares are cut on the diagonal to form triangular quilt pieces. The hypotenuse of the resulting triangles is 16 inches long. What is the side length of each piece?

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Quilt squares are cut on the diagonal to form triangular quilt pieces. The hypotenuse of the resulting triangles is 16 inches long. What is the side length of each piece?

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To do this problem you would need to have at least one side length AND the hypotenuse to figure out the other side length.

Aram Kocharyan answered Mar 25, 2022

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