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  • Nov 28, 2007, 01:12 PM
    princessgloomy
    Altitude of an Isosceles Triangle
    Ok, find the altitude of an isosceles triangle whose base is 10 and whose congruent sides are 9. I found how to find the alt of a right triangle but still don't really comprende.

    Help :D
  • Nov 28, 2007, 01:35 PM
    ebaines
    Think of the isoceles triangle as cut in half, so that you have two right angle triangles each with base 5 and hypotenuse of 9. You can now calculate the height of those right angle triangles using the Pythagorean theorem.

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