The hypotenuse of a 45-45-90 triangle has a length of 10 units. What is the length of one of its legs?

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Binayaka C.
Jul 13, 2016

The length of both the legs are #7.07(2dp)# unit each.

Explanation:

#45-45-90# shows that it is an isocelles triangle.so the two legs are equal and let the length be #x# unit. Applying pythagorrus theorem we get #x^2+x^2=10^2 or 2x^2=100 or x^2=50 or x=7.07(2dp)#unit[Ans]

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