document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=980905>Question 980905</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The factory also makes a triangular rug. It is an isosceles triangle f feet wide<BR>\n" );
document.write( "with a perpendicular height of 1 foot 6 inches. How much braid will Gloria<BR>\n" );
document.write( "need to cut to go all the way around the rug?<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 #601970 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Cromlix><B>Cromlix(4381)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Cromlix><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=Cromlix><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=601970\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi there,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "First consider the perpendicular<BR>\n" );
document.write( "height divides the isosceles into<BR>\n" );
document.write( "two right angled triangles back<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to back.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We are given the height = 1.5 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We are given the base = f so we <BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide it by 2 and this gives<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the size of the base of the right<BR>\n" );
document.write( "angled triangle f/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To find the hypotenuse we must<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt (f/2)^2 + (1.5)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= sqrt f^2/4 + 2.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the braid to go round the rug<BR>\n" );
document.write( "will == 2(sqrt(f^2/4 + 2.25)) + f<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps:-) </SPAN>\n" );
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