SOLUTION: An A-frame tent is in the shape of an isosceles triangle. (An isosceles triangle has two equal sides.) The base of the triangle is 7 ft. and the two congruent sides are each 6 ft.

Question 1179005: An A-frame tent is in the shape of an isosceles triangle. (An isosceles triangle has two equal sides.) The base of the triangle is 7 ft. and the two congruent sides are each 6 ft. What is the height of the tent?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The perpendicular drawn to the base bisects the side in an isoscles triangle.

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6^2 = (3.5)^2 +h^2
6^2 -3.5^2 - h^2
23.75 =h^2
h=4.87 ft.
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