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Find the missing side lengths, leave your answers as radicals in the simplest form. Show work please

Find the missing side lengths, leave your answers as radicals in the simplest form-example-1

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Answer:

m and n are both equal to 10

Explanation:

Because we see that the two of the angles here are 45 and 90, we know then that the third angle is also 45. This tells us that the sides m and n are of equal length.

With that in mind, we can simply use the Pythagorean theorem to find their values:

m² + n² = (10√2)²

given that m = n, then:

m² + m² = (10√2)²

2m² = (10√2)²

2m² = 100 × 2

2m² = 200

m² = 100

m = 10

So both m and n are equal to 10.

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