Question

Determine the leg of the 45-45-90 triangle with a hypotenuse length of 15 inches

Answer 1

Are you familiar with the Pythagorean theorem?
\(a^2 + b^2 = c^2\)

Here, a = b, and c = 15

\(a^2 + a^2 = 15^2 \)

Solve for a.