document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=850555>Question 850555</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if there is an isosceles triangle and the base is 7ft and the sides are 6ft how could you find the height using pythagorean theorem<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 #512207 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=FrankM><B>FrankM(1040)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=FrankM><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=FrankM><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=512207\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In an isosceles triangle, the height is a perpendicular bisector of base.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So see a right triangle with base = 3.5, and hypotenuse = 6 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=4.8734 ft (not a pretty number) </SPAN>\n" );
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