Question

One leg of an isosceles right triangle measures 5 inches. Rounded to the nearest tenth, what is the approximate length of the hypotenuse?
2.5 inches
5.0 inches
7.1 inches
9.8 inches
PLZ ANSWER ASAP

Answer 1

Answer:

C

Step-by-step explanation:

This means that there is another leg of an isosceles triangle that is also 5 inches.

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

a = 5

b = 5

c = ?

c^2 = 5^2 + 5^2                 Combine

c^2 = 25 + 25

c^2 = 50                            Take the square root of both sides.

sqrt(c^2) = sqrt(50^2)

c = sqrt(5 * 5 * 2)                Take out 1 of two factors under the root sign.

c = 5 * sqrt(2)                      The 2 is left over because there is only 1 of them

sqrt(2) = 1.4142

c = 5 * 1.4142

c = 7.07 = 7.1