Question

Find the length of the hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle whose legs are 1 unit in length.

Answer 1

Use the equation a2+b2=c2 the 2 is an exponent. the a and b are the side lengths. so plug everything in and you get 1)2+1)2=c2 and your answer would get you to 2=c2 then square root 2 or your answer would be 2 with the square root sign

Answer 2

check the picture below

and isosceles triangle, has two equal sides, thus, sides "a" and "b" for the triangle to be an isosceles, have to be equal