Isosceles Triangle help

alee

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In an isosceles triange with hypot. of 25 what are measures of other legs? I know a^2 plux b^2 = 25^2, this is so simple I know, but I don't know where to go from here. thank you.
 
alee said:
In an isosceles triange with hypot. of 25...
Do you then mean that this is an isosceles right triangle...?

Thank you.

Eliz.
 
If the triangle is isosceles, then the sides have to be the same length. Right?.

\(\displaystyle \L\\\sqrt{a^{2}+a^{2}}\Rightarrow\sqrt{2a^{2}}\Rightarrow\sqrt{2}a=25\)
 
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