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Question: If the area of a right angled isosceles triangle is 36 sq cm, then find the length of its hypotenuse.


A ) 183 cm
B ) 362 cm
C ) 12 cm
D ) 62 cm

Steps to derive



2 Area = 12 × x × x = 36 ⇒ x2 = 72 ⇒ x = 72
 [Formula.]

3 Hypotenuse = 2x = 2 × 72 = 144 = 12 cm.



Hence the right answer is Option C

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