Geometry math question no Guessing and Please show work

This is one of the two tired triangles of trig you should memorize. An isosceles right triangle has its sides in ratio [tex]1:1:\sqrt 2[/tex]. That means the hypotenuse is the square root of two times either side.
[tex] u = \sqrt{2} \times \sqrt{2} = 2[/tex]
Answer: C
If you didn't know you could write
[tex] v = \sqrt 2[/tex]
[tex]v^2 + v^2 = u^2[/tex]
[tex]u^2 = 2 + 2 = 4[/tex]
[tex]u = 2[/tex]