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\n" ); document.write( "What will be the angle measures in an isosceles triangle that has a base of 30 and $\"highlight%28cross%28legs%29%29\"$ lateral sides of 17?
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document.write( "Draw the altitude to the base in the triangle.\r\n" );
document.write( "Since in an isosceles triangle the altitude to the base is the median in the same time, the altitude divides the base \r\n" );
document.write( "in two equal segments of  = 15 inits each.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now you have the right-angled triangle with one leg of 15 units and the hypotenuse of 17 units.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence,  =  where  is the base angle of the original isosceles triangle.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Having this, find  using your calculator, or computer, or trigonometric tables - whichever you have.\r\n" );
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