SOLUTION: Find the length of the sides of a 45 degree right triangle if the hypotenuse is 7?

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Question 544873: Find the length of the sides of a 45 degree right triangle if the hypotenuse is 7?
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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If one angle is 45 deg the other will also be 45deg in a right triangle.
sum of all angles of triangle = 180 deg.
The legs will be x each.
hypotenuse = 7
x^2+x^2=7^2 by pythagoras theorem
2x^2=49
x^2=49/2
x= 7/sqrt(2)