document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=606387>Question 606387</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the height of triangle KLM.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They told me the triangle is isosceles, so KL and LM are congruent. The third side, KM, is 42cm. The perimeter is 112cm. From that, I figured out that KL and LM are 35cm. I'm having trouble finding the height... I tried using sine, cosine, and tangent, but I was having trouble. I split the triangle into two and tried to find a sine, cosine, or tangent of the 90 degree angle. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #382055 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=382055\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your assumptions are good so far!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now drop a line from the vertex L perpendicular to the base (KM)at point Q.  This will bisect KM at Q and you will have two congruent right triangles KLQ and MLQ.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The hypotenuse of these right triangles is 35cm and the base of one of the right triangles is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=42%2F2+=+21 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"42%2F2+=+21\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now you can use the Pythgorean theorem to find the height (h).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1225+=+441%2Bh%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1225+=+441%2Bh%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Subtract 441 from both sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=784+=+h%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"784+=+h%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Take the square root of both sides.<BR>\n" );
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