document.write( "Question 360703: if a triangle has two 8 cm sides and an angle of 50 degrees what is the length of the base? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Isosceles triangle with 8cm sides and base angles of 65° (180-50)/2
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document.write( "Diagonal drawn to the base forms a right triangle & bisects the base
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document.write( "let x represnet half of that base. 
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document.write( "cos 65° = adj/hyp = x/8cm
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document.write( "8*cos 65° = x
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document.write( "3.38 = x
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document.write( "Base is 6.76cm \n" );
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