SOLUTION: In an Isosceles right triangle, the length of the hypotenuse is 10 units, how long is each leg?

Question 833040: In an Isosceles right triangle, the length of the hypotenuse is 10 units, how long is each leg?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
That is a Special Triangle, with a 90 degree angle and two 45 degree angles. Each leg equals the other leg. Call the leg length of one leg x.

, because we have Pythagorean Theorem for sides of a right triangle.

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