Question

In a 45, 45, 90 triangle, What is the length of side BC if AC is times the square root of 2?

Answer 1

A = 45, B= 90 and C = 45.

Answer 2

I believe a number was omitted from your question?

is " times the square root of 2"

Answer 3

Yes 5 multiplied by the square root of 2 is the given length of AC

Answer 4

Ahh, so we have

Answer 5

Yes that's it!

Answer 6

For a 45 45 90 triangle, we have a side ratio of

Answer 7

Meaning 2 legs are of the same length, and the third is that length times the √2

So it looks as though for your triangle...since the 'x' being multiplied by √2 is 5....the other 2 legs of the triangle are 5

Answer 8

Okay, so the answer is X = 5 then?

Answer 9

Correct

Answer 10

Thank you for being very helpful. You've helped a lot on my questions today!

Answer 11

No problem man!