SOLUTION: please help me to solve this:if the hypotenuse of an isosceles rigt triangle 18 squre of 2cm.find lenght of the other sides(hint:use pythagoren theorem

Question 560568: please help me to solve this:if the hypotenuse of an isosceles rigt triangle 18 squre of 2cm.find lenght of the other sides(hint:use pythagoren theorem
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the hypotenuse of a isosceles right triangle is h and x are the legs, then

So in this case, and

So this means that . I'll let you finish and solve for x.
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