SOLUTION: Concerning 45-45-90 degree triangles... This one I know to be an isosceles triangle, so to find the length of one leg is to find the length of both... The hypotenuse of the given

Question 818984: Concerning 45-45-90 degree triangles...
This one I know to be an isosceles triangle, so to find the length of one leg is to find the length of both...
The hypotenuse of the given triangle is five times the square root of two, then divided by two. What are the length of the legs?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

Hi,

isosceles right triangle 

What are the length of the legs?

Applying Pythagorean Theorem

 

    2x^2 = 50/4

     x^2 = 25/4

       x = 5/2  (Tossing out negative solution for unit measure)

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