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What is the value of X?
4
4√2
8
8√2

What is the value of X? 4 4√2 8 8√2-example-1
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x = 8

Since this is a special right triangle (45-45-90), the hypotenuse will equal either of the length of either congruent leg times the square root of 2. So, in this problem, the leg that is 4 SQRT2 can be multiplied by SQRT2 to equal 8, the length of the hypotenuse, or x.
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