document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=809780>Question 809780</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this problem. it has to do with the length of an isosceles trapezoid. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. An isosceles trapezoid CDEF has bases of lengths 6 and 12 and an altitude of length 4. find one of the legs CD.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At first i did <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%5E2%2B4%5E2=c%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%5E2%2B4%5E2=c%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > then i simplified it to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=36%2B16=+sqrt%2852%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"36%2B16=+sqrt%2852%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > I just wanted to know if i was doing the problem correct.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #487816 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><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=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=487816\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is how I picture it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=drawing%28500%2C200%2C-7%2C8%2C-1%2C5%2C%0D%0Aline%28-6%2C0%2C6%2C0%29%2Cline%28-3%2C4%2C3%2C4%29%2C%0D%0Aline%28-6%2C0%2C-3%2C4%29%2Cline%286%2C0%2C3%2C4%29%2C%0D%0Atriangle%284%2C4%2C7%2C4%2C7%2C0%29%2Crectangle%287%2C4%2C6.7%2C3.7%29%2C%0D%0Arectangle%28-3%2C0%2C-2.7%2C0.3%29%2Crectangle%283%2C0%2C3.3%2C0.3%29%2C%0D%0Agreen%28line%283%2C0%2C3%2C4%29%29%2Cgreen%28line%28-3%2C0%2C-3%2C4%29%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%28-0.2%2C4%2C6%29%2Clocate%284.3%2C0.5%2C3%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%28-0.2%2C0.5%2C6%29%2Clocate%28-4.7%2C0.5%2C3%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%283.1%2C2.2%2C4%29%2Clocate%28-2.9%2C2.2%2C4%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%287.1%2C2.2%2C4%29%2Clocate%285.3%2C4%2C3%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%285.3%2C2.6%2C5%29%2Clocate%28-0.2%2C-0.3%2C12%29%2C%0D%0Aarrow%280.3%2C-0.5%2C6%2C-0.5%29%2Carrow%28-0.3%2C-0.5%2C-6%2C-0.5%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%28-6.3%2C0.2%2CA%29%2Clocate%286.1%2C0.2%2CD%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%28-3.3%2C4.3%2CB%29%2Clocate%283.1%2C4.3%2CC%29%0D%0A%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Altitudes drawn through the ends of the shorter base split the trapezoid into a rectangle with two congruent right triangles, one on each side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The base of each triangle is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2812-6%29%2F2=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2812-6%29%2F2=3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >and the altitude is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Those are the legs of the  right triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The hypotenuse, CD, according to the Pythagorean theorem, measures <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I would calculate it as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%283%5E2%2B4%5E2%29=sqrt%289%2B16%29=sqrt%2825%29=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%283%5E2%2B4%5E2%29=sqrt%289%2B16%29=sqrt%2825%29=5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but I already knew that teachers like 3-4-5 right triangles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is easy to remember (3, 4, 5) as the simplest of Pythagorean triples.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I included an extra 3-4-5 right triangle in my drawing because I like them too.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(I like them because (3, 4, 5) is the only Pythagorean triple that I can remember). </SPAN>\n" );
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