Question

What is the area of an isosceles right triangle with a hypotenuse of 16cm

Answer 1

Answer:

since the right triangle is isosceles

therefore, let the equal sides of the triangle be x

then, by Pythagoras theorem

x^2 + x^2 = 16

2(x^2) = 16

x^2 = 16/2

x = √8

x = 2√2 cm