Question

The two legs of a right triangle are the same length. The hypotenuse is 6 meters long. Find the length of the legs. Express your answer in simplified radical form, or as a decimal rounded to four places.

Answer 1

The hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle is √2 times the length of a leg, so the legs are
.. 6/√2 = 3√2 ≈ 4.2426 . . . . meters long