Question

in an isosceles right-angled triangle, if the hypotenuse is 5v2 cm, then find the area of thetriangle
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Answer 1

Answer: x= 5

Step-by-step explanation:

Sides other than hypotenuse of an isosceles triangle are equal.

Let the other two sides be x each.

Using pythagoras theorem  

x  

2

+x  

2

=(5  

2

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)  

2

 

2x  

2

=50

⇒x  

2

=25

⇒x=5cm

So the other two sides are 5cm each.