SOLUTION: The hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle has a length of 9 meters. Find the leg lengths to the nearest hundredth of a meter?
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The hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle has a length of 9 meters. Find the leg lengths to the nearest hundredth of a meter
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let x=length of legs
by pythagorean theorem
x^2+x^2=9^2=81
2x^2=81
x^2=81/2
x=√(81/2)
x≈6.36
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