SOLUTION: if an isosceles triangle has congruent sides of 15 cm and the base is 20 what would the hieght be

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Question 508269: if an isosceles triangle has congruent sides of 15 cm and the base is 20 what would the hieght be
Answer by swincher4391(1107) About Me  (Show Source):
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Imagine you have two scalene triangles put together with leg 10 and hypotenuse 15
Then, 10^2 + b^2 = 15^2 by the Pythagorean theorem. 100 + b^2 = 225
b^2 = 125
b = sqrt(125) = 5*sqrt(5)
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