Question

A right triangle is shown. The length of the hypotenuse is 4 centimeters and the lengths of the other 2 sides are congruent.

The hypotenuse of a 45°-45°-90° triangle measures 4 cm. What is the length of one leg of the triangle?

2 cm
2 StartRoot 2 EndRoot cm
4 cm
4 StartRoot 2 EndRoot cm

Answer 1

The length of one leg of this right triangle is 4/√2 = 2√2 cm.