Question

A triangle that has a hypotenuse of length 14.14 cm has legs that are ______ cm long. Round your answer to the nearest whole centimeter. (Enter the number only.)

Answer 1

Is there a picture that goes along with this problem?

Answer 2

no

Answer 3

Because if only the hypotenuse is given, the legs of the right triangle can be many different lengths.

Answer 4

Is there any other info given?

Answer 5

Oh, according to what I read in the question, this is an isosceles right triangle they're talking about.

Answer 6

So:

Answer 7

\[\large 14.14^2 = x^2 + x^2 = 2x^2\]
\[\large \frac {14.14^2}{2} = x^2\]
\[\large \sqrt {\frac{14.14^2}{2}} = x\]

Answer 8

Try that...

Answer 9

I walked away sorry