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Need to find y hypotunse with 45 45 and 90 degree angles and a side length of 85

Need to find y hypotunse with 45 45 and 90 degree angles and a side length of 85-example-1
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85√2.

1) Since we have a right triangle with two congruent angles, then we can find the hypotenuse by using a trigonometric ratio:


\begin{gathered} \sin (45)=(85)/(y) \\ \frac{\sqrt[]{2}}{2}=(85)/(y) \\ y\sqrt[]{2}=170 \\ y=\frac{170}{\sqrt[]{2}}*\frac{\sqrt[]{2}}{\sqrt[]{2}} \\ y=\frac{170\sqrt[]{2}}{2} \\ y=85\sqrt[]{2} \end{gathered}

2) So the hypotenuse is 85√2

Another way to find that out is considering that the hypotenuse would be the diagonal of a square (since we have two 45º angles and one right angle (90º) and the diagonal of a square is a√2 then 85√2

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