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The Legs Of An Isosceles Triangle Are 13 Units Long And The Altitude To The Base Is 12 Units Long. Can You Find The Length Of The Base?
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The Pythagorean theorem only works for right triangles. This question is about an isosceles triangle, so taimur only calculated the part of the base on one side of where the altitude is measured. The entire base is twice that size, so the answer is 10.
comment made by Grellis 5 months ago
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