document.write( "Question 624736: if you have a 45-90-45 triangle and you have the hypotenuse of 9√2 what is the measure of the missing leg?
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document.write( "Hi
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document.write( "if you have a 45-90-45 triangle and you have the hypotenuse of 9√2 
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document.write( "what is the measure of the missing leg
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document.write( "Isoseles Rt triangle, 2 legs of equal length
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document.write( "Applying the Pythagorean Theorem:
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document.write( "  x^2 + x^2 = 162
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document.write( "     2x^2 = 162
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document.write( "      x^2 = 81
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document.write( "       x = 9   (Throwing away the negative solution for unit measure)
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