SOLUTION: An isosceles right triangle has leg lengths of 4 centimeters. What is the length of the altitude drawn from the right angle to the hypotenuse?

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Question 1029382: An isosceles right triangle has leg lengths of 4 centimeters. What is the length of the altitude drawn from the right angle to the hypotenuse?

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An isosceles right triangle has leg lengths of 4 centimeters. What is the length of the altitude drawn from the right angle to the hypotenuse?
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In this triangle, the length of the altitude drawn from the right angle to the hypotenuse is half of the length of the hypotenuse.

The hypotenuse is 4%2Asqrt%282%29 centimeters long. 

Hence, the length of the altitude is 2%2Asqrt%282%29 cm.