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What is the length of the hypotenuse of a 45°-45°-90° triangle
with leg length 5V3?

User ColaFanta
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Answer:

5
√(6)

Explanation:

The easiest way to do this problem is to know that the hypotenuse of a 45-45-90 triangle is equal to
√(2) times the length of a leg.

So, in your problem the hypotenuse =
√(2)(5
√(3)) = 5
√(6). Another way to solve the problem is to use the Pythagorean theorem, but that is a longer way to solve it.

User IlyaDoroshin
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