SOLUTION: I'm supposed to show that for an isosceles right triangle, where c is the hypotenuse and a is one leg,c=a*the square root of 2.
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: I'm supposed to show that for an isosceles right triangle, where c is the hypotenuse and a is one leg,c=a*the square root of 2.
This question is from textbook BJU Press Geometry
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If it is an isosceles right triangle, then both of the legs are the same length, namely a, because of the definition of isosceles.
Pythagoras' Theorem says:
But for this triangle, 
so:
John
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