document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1013348>Question 1013348</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of and isosceles right triangle is the square root of 288 units. Explain how to find the length of a leg. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #629603 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=629603\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Explain better what you mean that you have.  Isosceles right triangle is a special 45-45-90 triangle, which is like half a square figure cut along a diagonal.  Which length do you mean for this triangle?  The hypotenuse, the base segment?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You ask for the length of a leg, so assuming \"length\" of the triangle is the hypotenuse, and if L is leg length for either congruent leg,   <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L%5E2%2BL%5E2=288%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L%5E2%2BL%5E2=288%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > according to Pythagorean Theorem formula,\r<BR>\n" );
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