SOLUTION: Find the length of the altitude drawn from the vertex angle of an isosceles triangle if each of its two congruent sides has length 12 and the base angles are 48°. Find the length

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Question 867457: Find the length of the altitude drawn from the vertex angle of an isosceles triangle if each of its two congruent sides has length 12 and the base angles are 48°. Find the length to the nearest integer.

Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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sin%2848%29=OPP%2FHYP=A%2F12
A=12sin%2848%29
A=12%280.743144%29
A=8.91
A=9 to the nearest integer.