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Find the length of the sides of the special triangles

Find the length of the sides of the special triangles-example-1

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We will have the following:

Firs, we can see that once we find one side we will have both, since they are equal.

Now, using the law of sines:


(4)/(\sin(90))=(Z)/(\sin(45))\Rightarrow Z=(4\sin (45))/(\sin (90))
\Rightarrow Z=2\sqrt[]{2}

So, the length of side Z is 2sqrt(2).

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