SOLUTION: The hypotenuse of a 45-45-90 triangle has a length of 8 units. What is the length of one of its legs?

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Question 613603: The hypotenuse of a 45-45-90 triangle has a length of 8 units. What is the length of one of its legs?
Answer by radh(108)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The 45-45-90 rule would mean that if one side is 8 units, so is the other (non-hypotenuse) side.

Now, let's find the hypotenuse:

Solved by pluggable solver: FIND hypotenuse by two sides

As we know from pythagorean theorem, length of hypoenuse c and sides are related as .


So, side



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