The hypotenuse of a 45°-45°-90° triangle measures 8 inches. What is the length of each leg?
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Answer:
4.8 inches
Step-by-step explanation:
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Represent the larger triangle with 1 and the smaller with 2.
So, we have:
-- height of 1
Required
Determine H2 --- Height of 2
To do this we apply dilation formula.
In this case:
Substitute 6 for H1 and 0.8 for Scale Factor
Hence, the height of the smaller triangle is 4.8 inches