In isosceles right triangles such as the one shown below, the angles always measure and
Consequently, isosceles right triangles are often called -- triangles.
All -- triangles share a special property:
In any -- triangle, the length of the hypotenuse is times the length of a leg.
To see why this is, remember that
in an isosceles triangle, the two legs must have the same length, and
in a right triangle, the square of the longest side must equal the sum of the squares of the two shorter sides.
So, if an isosceles right triangle has legs of length and the hypotenuse has length then we have
If the side that is opposite to a angle in an isosceles right triangle has a length of what is the length of the hypotenuse?
The hypotenuse in an isosceles right triangle is equal to times the length of a leg.
The legs of an isosceles right triangle are the sides that are opposite the angles. So in the given triangle, the legs have length
Consequently, the hypotenuse has a length of
If the side that is opposite to a $45^\circ$ angle in an isosceles right triangle has a length of $\dfrac{3\sqrt2}{2},$ what is the length of the hypotenuse?
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a
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$\dfrac{3}{2}$ |
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b
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$3$ |
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c
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$6$ |
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d
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$3\sqrt{2}$ |
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e
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$6\sqrt{2}$ |
If the side that is opposite to a $45^\circ$ angle in an isosceles right triangle has a length of $6\sqrt2,$ what is the length of the hypotenuse?
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a
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$6$ |
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b
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$\dfrac{6\sqrt{2}}{2}$ |
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c
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$3\sqrt{2}$ |
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d
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$12$ |
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e
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$24$ |
If the hypotenuse of a -- triangle has a length of then what is the length of each leg?
The hypotenuse in a -- triangle is equal to times the length of a leg.
Here, we know that the hypotenuse has length So, if the length of a leg is then we must have
To remove the square root from the denominator, we can multiply both the numerator and denominator by as follows:
Therefore, the length of each leg is
If the hypotenuse of a $45^\circ$-$45^\circ$-$90^\circ$ triangle has a length of $\dfrac 3 4,$ then what is the length of each leg?
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a
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$\dfrac {3\sqrt{2}}{8}$ |
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b
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$\dfrac {7\sqrt{3}}{2}$ |
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c
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$\dfrac {3}{\sqrt{4}}$ |
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d
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$8\sqrt{2}$ |
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e
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$4\sqrt{2}$ |
What is the length of one leg of the triangle above?
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a
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$4$ |
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b
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$\sqrt{2}$ |
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c
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$4\sqrt2$ |
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d
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$8\sqrt3$ |
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e
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$2\sqrt2$ |
The perimeter of the triangle below is Find the measure of the hypotenuse.
Because the triangle is isosceles, the legs must have the same length. Let be the length of each leg. So, we have
Moreover, because the triangle is a right isosceles triangle, the hypotenuse must be equal to times the length of a leg. Therefore,
Finally, since the perimeter is we have
Therefore, the length of each leg is and the length of the hypotenuse is
The perimeter of the triangle above is $14 + 7\sqrt{2}.$ Find the measure of the hypotenuse.
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a
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$7$ |
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b
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$14 \sqrt{2}$ |
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c
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$2 \sqrt{7}$ |
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d
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$7 \sqrt{2}$ |
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e
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$\sqrt{7}$ |
The perimeter of the above triangle is $12 + 6\sqrt{2}.$ Find the measure of each leg.
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a
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$12$ |
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b
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$6\sqrt 2$ |
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c
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$6$ |
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d
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$3$ |
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e
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$3\sqrt 2$ |
Now that we know about -- triangles, it's straightforward to see that the diagonal of any square is times the side length of the square.
To illustrate, consider the square below, where is the measure of a side and is the measure of a diagonal.
Since the sides of a square are congruent, is an isosceles right triangle (a -- triangle).
So, for the diagonal, we have
Find the length of the diagonal of the square if the perimeter of the square is
Since the perimeter is the length of a single side is
Now, consider , which is an isosceles right triangle since and
The hypotenuse in an isosceles right triangle is equal to times the length of a leg.
Here, the length of a leg is so the length of the hypotenuse is
Therefore, the diagonal of the square has a length of
Find the perimeter of a square whose diagonal is $5\sqrt{2}\,\mathrm{mm}.$
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a
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$20\,\mathrm{mm}$ |
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b
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$25\,\mathrm{mm}$ |
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c
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$20\sqrt{2}\,\mathrm{mm}$ |
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d
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$10 \,\mathrm{mm}$ |
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e
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$10\sqrt{2}\,\mathrm{mm}$ |
Find the length of the diagonal $\overline{AC}$ of the square $ABCD$ if the perimeter of the square is $8\,\textrm{mm}.$
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a
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$2\sqrt2\,\textrm{mm}$ |
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b
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$2\,\textrm{mm}$ |
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c
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$4\,\textrm{mm}$ |
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d
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$4\sqrt{2}\,\textrm{mm}$ |
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e
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$8\,\textrm{mm}$ |