Question

Each leg of a 45°-45°-90° triangle measures 12 cm.What is the length of the hypotenuse?

Answer 1

12√2 cm

Explanation:

We know that a 45-45-90 triangle has legs of x and a hypotenuse of x√2. Since we are given x as 12, we have:

x = 12

x√12 = 12√2