Question

what is the length of each leg? pic below

Answer 1

A, 26 because if you caculate the sides up the average of them turns out to be +26

Answer 2

You know the two legs are equal
you also know the the sum of the square of the sides is equal to 26^2

Answer 3

From that you can say or write (letting the length of leg equal x)
\[2x ^{2}= 26*26\]

Answer 4

Use algebra and solve for x.

Answer 5

A. was not correct

Answer 6

\[x ^{2}=13*26\]

Answer 7

\[x ^{2}=13*13*2=13^{2}*2\]

Answer 8

Can you complete that?

Answer 9

Solve for x by taking the square root of both sides getting:
x = ??