SOLUTION: given that a right triangle has the length of 8cm and an angle of 45 degrees, what do the other sides of the triangles add up to be, and what can you tell from looking at this tria

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Question 83354: given that a right triangle has the length of 8cm and an angle of 45 degrees, what do the other sides of the triangles add up to be, and what can you tell from looking at this triangle.
Answer by vertciel(183) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you have a right angle who has one angle of 45 degrees, that means the other angle must 45 degrees too because 180 - 90 - 45 = 45.
From looking at this triangle, you can see that the triangle is isoceles.
Also, the ratio of the lengths are 1:1:sqrt(2)