Mark wants to tile a rectangular kitchen floor. If the
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you can extend down a vertical line, so you know that portion of x is 7, and that side of the triangle is 9, since 45-90-45 triangles have 2 legs of equal length.
then you know the other leg of the triangle is 9, and adding 9+7 x=16. to find y you can know that 45-90-45 triangles have sides in a
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you can extend down a vertical line, so you know that portion of x is 7, and that side of the triangle is 9, since 45-90-45 triangles have 2 legs of equal length.
then you know the other leg of the triangle is 9, and adding 9+7 x=16. to find y you can know that 45-90-45 triangles have sides in a