SOLUTION: An isosceles right triangle has leg lengths of 4 centimeters. What is the length of the altitude drawn from the right angle to the hypotenuse?

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Question 1029382: An isosceles right triangle has leg lengths of 4 centimeters. What is the length of the altitude drawn from the right angle to the hypotenuse?
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An isosceles right triangle has leg lengths of 4 centimeters. What is the length of the altitude drawn from the right angle to the hypotenuse?
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In this triangle, the length of the altitude drawn from the right angle to the hypotenuse is half of the length of the hypotenuse.

The hypotenuse is  centimeters long. 

Hence, the length of the altitude is  cm.


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