document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=508269>Question 508269</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if an isosceles triangle has congruent sides of 15 cm and the base is 20 what would the hieght be </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #340924 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=swincher4391><B>swincher4391(1107)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=swincher4391><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=swincher4391><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=340924\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Imagine you have two scalene triangles put together with leg 10 and hypotenuse 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then,   10^2 + b^2 = 15^2  by the Pythagorean theorem.    100 + b^2 = 225\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b^2 = 125<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = sqrt(125)  = 5*sqrt(5)\r<BR>\n" );
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