the hypotenuse of a 45-45-90 triangle has a length of 10 units. what is the length of one of its legs?
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The image for this is attached for reference. This problem can be used by the Pythagorean equation. To make solving convenient, let us see only one part of the tent. Hence, one side is half of the tend width which is 16/2ft. Height is 12 ft. The unknown side is the hypotenuse. The answer is:
11.424242
isolate the repeating part
11+0.424242
focus on the repeating part
0.42424242
how many places till it repeats again?
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let's say it is x
x=0.42424242
multiply by 100
100x=42.424242
subtract them
100x-x=42.42424242-0.42424242
the infinite repeats cancel and we get
99x=42
divide by 99
so
isolate the repeating part
11+0.424242
focus on the repeating part
0.42424242
how many places till it repeats again?
2
let's say it is x
x=0.42424242
multiply by 100
100x=42.424242
subtract them
100x-x=42.42424242-0.42424242
the infinite repeats cancel and we get
99x=42
divide by 99
so