SOLUTION: What is the area in square units of an isosceles triangle with a base that is 8 units long and side lengths 5 units long?

Question 841098: What is the area in square units of an isosceles triangle with a base that is 8 units long and side lengths 5 units long?
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, ewatrrr:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the base and leg length to calculate the altitude using Pythagorean theorem.

For a triangle,

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi,
isosceles triangle with a base that is 8 units long and side lengths 5 units long?

Applying Pythagorean Theoerm
h =
height = 3 units
A =

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