SOLUTION: please help me to solve this:if the hypotenuse of an isosceles rigt triangle 18 squre of 2cm.find lenght of the other sides(hint:use pythagoren theorem

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Question 560568: please help me to solve this:if the hypotenuse of an isosceles rigt triangle 18 squre of 2cm.find lenght of the other sides(hint:use pythagoren theorem
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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If the hypotenuse of a isosceles right triangle is h and x are the legs, then 2x%5E2=h%5E2


So in this case, h=18%2Asqrt%282%29 and h%5E2=648


So this means that 2x%5E2=648. I'll let you finish and solve for x.
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