Question

in an isosceles right triangle the area is 8 cm 2 .What are the measures of the equal sides of the triangle

Answer 1

Answer:

4 cm each

Step-by-step explanation:

in this isosceles triangle the sides containing right angle will be the equal sides as well as height and base of the triangle

so, area of triangle = 1/2 × base × height

here base and height are equal

so, we can take base=height=X

area= 1/2×X^2. (1/2 × X square)

8 = 1/2 × X^2

16=X^2

SO,

✓16= X

therefore,

X= 4

length of equal sides of this triangle is 4 cm