SOLUTION: If there's an isosceles triangle and the hypotenuse is 12, what are the lengths of the two sides? & How do you figure it out?
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Question 548921: If there's an isosceles triangle and the hypotenuse is 12, what are the lengths of the two sides? & How do you figure it out? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If there's an isosceles triangle and the hypotenuse is 12, what are the lengths of the two sides? & How do you figure it out?
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If it's isosceles it has two equal sides.
If it has a hypotenuse it must be a right triangle.
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Let the equal sides be "x":
Equation:
x^2 + x^2 = 12^2
2x^2 = 144
x^2 = 72
x = 6*sqrt(2)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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