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If the length of each leg of an isosceles right triangle is 10, find the length of the hypotenuse

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square root of 200 is the hypotenuse
10^2+10^2
User Reavis
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a^2+b^2=c^2
a and b are legs
c=hyposonuse
a=10
b=10
isosolees means that the legs are the same legnth

so subsitute
10^2+10^2=c^2
100+100=c^2
200=c^2
square root both sides
√200=c

the legnth of the hypotonuse=√200
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