Question

What is the area of an isosceles right triangle whose hypotenuse is 5 √2 m long?

Answer 1

Sides other than hypotenuse of an isosceles triangle are equal.

Let the other two sides be x each.

Using pythagoras theorem

x

2

+x

2

=(5

2

)

2

2x

2

=50

⇒x

2

=25

⇒x=5cm

So the other two sides are 5cm each.