SOLUTION: Find the base of an isosceles triangle if the perimeter is equal to 25 and the height is equal to 8.

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Question 750963: Find the base of an isosceles triangle if the perimeter is equal to 25 and the height is equal to 8.
Answer by tommyt3rd(5050)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
h=8-height
b-base
a-the isosceles sides
perimeter is 25 means:

and

or

so that




and thus after some algebra we get
b=369/50



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