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Question from Mariah, a student:

An isosceles triangle has sides 10cm, 10 cm and the base 4cm.
How do you find out the height of the triangle?

Mariah,

Draw a diagram.

triangle

D is the midpoint of BC. What does the symmetry tell you about the measure of the angle ADC? Can Pythagoras help?

Penny

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