SOLUTION: a corner table has a top in the shape of an isosceles right triangle. if the hypotenuse is 14 inches long what is the length of each side?
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Question 392507: a corner table has a top in the shape of an isosceles right triangle. if the hypotenuse is 14 inches long what is the length of each side? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a corner table has a top in the shape of an isosceles right triangle. if the hypotenuse is 14 inches long what is the length of each side?
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let the legs be x each. since oit is isoscles
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Using pythagoras theorem
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2x^2=196
/2
x^2=98
x=
x= 9.9 inches the length of each side
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