document.write( "Question 1132048: If the lengths of the bases of an isosceles trapezoid is a circle are 10 cm and 22 cm, and if one of the legs is 10 cm, then what is the length of the diagonal in cm?
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document.write( "Let ABCD be the given isosceles trapezoid.\r\n" );
document.write( "The bases are AB = 22 cm long;  CD = 10 cm;\r\n" );
document.write( "the lateral sides are AD = BC = 10 cm.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the perpendiculars CE and DF from the vertices C  and D to the base AB.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is clear that the right-angled triangles ADF  and BCE are congruent.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the segments AF and BE have the length  \"%28AB+-+CD%29%2F2\" = \"%2822-10%29%2F2\" = \"12%2F2\" = 6 cm each.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The height of the trapezoid CE is the leg of the right angled triangle BCE and its length is equal to  \"sqrt%2810%5E2-6%5E2%29\" = \"sqrt%28100-36%29\" = \"sqrt%2864%29\" = 8 cm.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now from the right-angled triangle AEC you have\r\n" );
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document.write( "    AC = \"sqrt%28%2810%2B6%29%5E2%2B8%5E2%29\" = \"sqrt%2816%5E2%2B8%5E2%29\" = \"sqrt%28256%2B64%29\" = \"sqrt%28320%29\" = \"sqrt%2816%2A20%29\" = \"4%2Asqrt%2820%29\" = \"8%2Asqrt%285%29\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus the diagonal of the trapezoid AC is  \"8%2Asqrt%285%29\" cm long.   ANSWER\r\n" );
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