SOLUTION: What are the sides of a right triangle if they are the same and the hypotenuse is 6? Also your topic selection is not working on my pc, so the topic is Geometry: Pythagorean theore

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Let x be the length of the leg (of each leg, since they are congruent, according to the condition).


Then by Pythagorean theorem


x^2 + x^2 = 6^2


2x^2 = 36


x^2 = 36/2 = 18


x =  = .    ANSWER