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The length of the hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle is 8. a. Find the perimeter of the triangle.​

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we know is a right triangle, so one angle must be 90°, we also know is an isosceles, that means it has twin sides, and we also know that the hypotenuse or slanted side is 8, so the triangle must be a 45-45-90 triangle, Check the picture below.

The length of the hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle is 8. a. Find the perimeter-example-1
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