in an isosceles triangle the vertex angle measures 90 degrees and the length of each congruent leg is 5√2. whats the length of the base?

Answer 1

Isn't the base the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle?

so h^2 = (5√2)^ + (5√2)^2
= .......

Answer 2

20?

Answer 3

How did you come up with that?

Answer 4

i put it into the calculator and i got 20

Answer 5

You should not need a calculator.

h^2 = (5√2)^ + (5√2)^2
= 50 + 50
= 100
h = √100 = 10

Answer 6

oohh okay i get it now
thank you soo muchh!