SOLUTION: if you have the hypotenuse for a isosceles right triangle how do you find the legs?

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Question 362964: if you have the hypotenuse for a isosceles right triangle how do you find the legs?
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x = measure of either one of the congruent legs, c = measure of the hypotenuse. Then by Pythagorean theorem,
x%5E2+%2B+x%5E2+=+c%5E2,
2x%5E2+=+c%5E2,
x%5E2+=+c%5E2%2F2,
x+=+c%2Fsqrt%282%29.