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RHD is an isosceles right triangle with hypotenuse RH. If RH = x√2,determine the lengths of the legs.

RHD is an isosceles right triangle with hypotenuse RH. If RH = x√2,determine the lengths-example-1
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Pink Friday, this is the solution:

As you can see, here we have a 90-45-45 triangle, that is a special type of isosceles right triangle, where two legs are congruent to another, and the non-right angles measure 45 degrees.

Upon saying that,

Hypotenuse = √2

Now, we find the length of the legs, using the Pythagorean Theorem:

Leg 1² + Leg 2² = √2²

Leg 1² + Leg 2² = 2

1 + 1 = 2, because Leg 1 and Leg 2 are the same length.

• HD = 1

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• RD = 1

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