document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=70500>Question 70500</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the legs of an isosolese triangle if the perimeter is 32 and the altitude to the base is 8. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "LET THE EQUAL LEGS BE = X<BR>\n" );
document.write( "LET THE BASE BE = B<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PERIMETER=2X+B=32.....B=32-2X=2(16-X)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ALTITUDE TO BASE = SQRT[X^2-(B/2)^2]=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X^2-B^2/4=64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X^2-[2(16-X)]^2/4=64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X^2-256+32X-X^2=64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "32X=64+256=320<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "HENCE EQUAL LEG = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "BASE =32-20=12\r<BR>\n" );
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