SOLUTION: what is the hight of a triangle with two 13 yd sides? explain?

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Question 745589: what is the hight of a triangle with two 13 yd sides? explain?
Answer by tommyt3rd(5050)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
first we assume that the base is an unknown value...

if the sides are both 13 yd - the triangle must be isosceles
and from geometry we know that the height is

so in our case

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