SOLUTION: Please Help Me with this question! The Length of one leg of an isosceles right triangle is 6 inches. Express the length of the hypotenuse in simplest radical form. Thank you,

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Question 343300: Please Help Me with this question!
The Length of one leg of an isosceles right triangle is 6 inches. Express the length of the hypotenuse in simplest radical form.
Thank you, in advance.
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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The sides of an isosceles right triangle are in the ratio: 1:1:sqrt(2) [SAT question!]
In this problem the the hypotenuse is 6sqrt%282%29
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Ed