We can recognize this right triangle as a special triangle, a 45° - 45° - 90° triangle more specifically. This triangle would be isosceles because the two base angles are both 45°. Since the triangle is isosceles, we can say that the legs are congruent, so y = 8. In a 45° - 45° - 90° triangle, the hypotenuse is √2 times the legs. To find x, we can set up the equation:
