document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=343299>Question 343299</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please Help Me with this question!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The Length of one leg of an isosceles right triangle is 6 inches. Express the length of the hypotenuse in simplest radical form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #245644 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=245644\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If it is isosceles, then both legs are length 6 inches.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We can use the short-cut ratio for isosceles right triangles ==> 1:1:sqrt(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and get 6:6:6*sqrt(2)...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus the hypotenuse is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2Asqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2Asqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "We could also use the Pythagorean Theorem, but this is far easier... </SPAN>\n" );
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