SOLUTION: how do you find the sides of an isoscoles traingle with area of 10

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Question 549578: how do you find the sides of an isoscoles traingle with area of 10
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There are an infinite number of isosceles triangles with differing side measures that have an area of any given value. So for an area of 10

Example 1: Base measure is 10, Altitude is 2, so congruent sides measure

Example 2: Base measure is 5, Altitude is 4, so congruent sides measure

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