How do you find the legs in a 45-45-90 triangle when its hypotenuse is 11?
1 Answer
Mar 23, 2018
The two legs of the right isosceles triangle are both
Explanation:
Since two of the angles in this triangle are
According to the Pythagorean Theorem:
where
Since the two legs in this right triangle are the same, the formula can be altered to be:
Plugging in