Answer:
The leg measures 14.14 cm
Explanation:
The "40 - 40 - 90" special right triangle is an isosceles right triangle because two angles measures the same. (Check the picture)
The legs are the same.
The hypotenuse is:
a × √2
From the question, the length of the hypotenuse is 20 cm.
20 = a × √2
20 ÷ √2 = a
a = 10√2 ≈ 14.14 cm