The sullivan household wants build a patio deck in the shape of a 45-45-90 triangle in a nice corner section of their backyard . they have enough room for a triangle with a leg of 20 feet . what will the length of the hypotenuse be ?

20√2=28.2842

Step-by-step explanation:

special right traingles

a 45-45-90 states that the legs are congruent and the hypotenuse is leg√2

example 2 – simplify: step 1: completely factor both the numerators and denominators of all fractions. step 2: change the division sign to a multiplication sign and flip (or reciprocate) the fraction after the division sign; essential you need to multiply by the reciprocal. step 3 : cancel or reduce the fractions.