Posted by john 2020 on Monday, March 8, 2010 at 10:40pm.
draw a 45 45 90 triangle with equal legs = 1
hypotenuse^2 = 1^2+1^2
h^2 = 2
h = sqrt 2
then cos 45 = 1/sqrt2 = sqrt 2/2
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