Question

What is the perimeter, in inches, of the isosceles right triangle shown below, whose hypotenuse is 8 square root of 2 inches long? Answer choices: A. 8
B 8+8 square root2
C. 8+16squareroot2
D. 16
E. 16+8squareroot2

Answer 1

Using the 45 45 90 right triangle theorem to solve this problem, where the isosceles sides are x and the hypotenuse is xrad2

the answer is A, 8

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