document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1065712>Question 1065712</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An isosceles triangle with legs of 8cm and a base of 10cm in length has a median drawn from its vertex angle to its base what is the leg that of this segment<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 #680919 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=680919\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let the length of the median be y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The median cuts the isosceles triangle into two congruent right triangles, each with leg y and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10%2F2=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10%2F2=5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Hypotenuse FOR EACH RIGHT TRIANGLE is 8.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find y. </SPAN>\n" );
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