SOLUTION: hi tutors i ned ur help my questions is triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle with angle C as the right angle if a=5cm find c, if b=8cm find c? show me the solution and formula tha

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Question 703200: hi tutors i ned ur help my questions is triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle with angle C as the right angle if a=5cm find c, if b=8cm find c? show me the solution and formula thank u..
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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Description is a half of a square, along the diagonal. If the side of the original square is 5, then the diagonal (here the distance from A to B).
If a is 5 then b is also 5 because this is isosceles. AC and BC are equal.



If a=5,
5%5E2%2B5%5E2=c%5E2
50=c%5E2
2%2A5%2A5=c%5E2%2C
c=5%2Asqrt%282%29