SOLUTION: Please help me solve thsi word problem A tent has slanted sides of a tent 11 feet long that makes an isosceles triangle having a base of 6.Determine the height of the tent.

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Question 867352: Please help me solve thsi word problem A tent has slanted sides of a tent 11 feet long that makes an isosceles triangle having a base of 6.Determine the height of the tent.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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The altitude forms two right triangles, congruent to each other, and the height is one of the legs. One leg is half of 6 or 3; and the hypotenuse is 11. Height?
Let height be y.
Pythagorean Theorem: 3%5E3%2By%5E2=11%5E2.
Take the rest....



y=sqrt%28121-9%29=sqrt%28112%29=sqrt%2828%2A4%29=sqrt%284%2A4%2A7%29
y=4%2Asqrt%287%29