SOLUTION: A roof truss has a shape of isosceles triangle. its height is 7.5 m and each of the equal sides is 12.5 m. Use Pythagoras theorem to calculate the length of its base x.

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Question 1189583: A roof truss has a shape of isosceles triangle. its height is 7.5 m and each of the equal sides is 12.5 m. Use Pythagoras theorem to calculate the length of its base x.
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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According to Pythagorean theorem, half of the base is the leg of the length


     =  =  =  = 10 meters.


Hence, the entire base is twice as long, i.e.  2*10 = 20 meters.    ANSWER

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