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Special right triangle, please help :)

Special right triangle, please help :)-example-1

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Because the 14 side length is the hypotenuse of the 45, 45, 90 triangle above, x√2 = 14.

x = 14/√2 simplifies to
(14√(2) )/(2) if you need to rationalize

Because the 14 side length also applies to the 30, 60, 90 triangle below...

z = 14/2 = 7

y = 14/2√3 = 7√3