Concept

Triangle

A triangle is a special type of a right triangle with two acute angles measuring and one right angle.
A right triangle with the angle measures of 45, 45, and 90 degrees

Since these two acute angles are congruent, its legs are also congruent. This implies that the triangle is isosceles. If the legs have the length the length of the hypotenuse will be

A right triangle with the angle measures of 45, 45, and 90 degrees and the side lengths of l, l, and the square root of 2 times l

This relation can be deducted from the trigonometric ratios and the known trigonometric values of the notable angles.

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