SOLUTION: The legs of an isosceles right triangle are 17 cm long. Find the length of the hypotenuse. Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

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Question 634712: The legs of an isosceles right triangle are 17 cm long. Find the length of the hypotenuse. Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
















So the answer is 24.0

Note: it is NOT 24 since 24.0 tells us that we rounded to the nearest tenth.

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