SOLUTION: The hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle is 2 cm longer than either of its legs. Note that an isosceles right triangle is a right triangle whose legs are the same length. Find
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Question 1185018: The hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle is 2 cm longer than either of its legs. Note that an isosceles right triangle is a right triangle whose legs are the same length. Find the exact length of its legs and its hypotenuse.
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
c^2=a^2+b^2
The quadratic does not factor; use the quadratic formula to solve for x; obviously you want to pick the positive solution.
Then the leg lengths are x and the hypotenuse length is x*sqrt(2).
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