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Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

The frame for the roof of a storage building is shaped like an isosceles right triangle that has a
hypotenuse of 12 ft
, as shown below.
x ft
12 ft
Which measurement is closest to x, the length in feet, of each side of the frame?
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User Kalanamith
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Answer: The length is 6√2 feet.

Solution: {The Pythagorean Theorem}
x² + x² = 12²
2x² = 144
x² = 72
x = ± 6√2
As x > 0 , so x = 6√2
So, the length is 6√2 feet.
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