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The area of an isosceles triangular land whose base side length 10m is 60 square metre find its remaining sides

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We can use the formula for the area of a triangle to solve for the height of the isosceles triangle, which will then allow us to find the lengths of the other two sides.

Let h be the height of the isosceles triangle, and let s be the length of each of the two equal sides. Then the area of the triangle is given by:

A = (1/2)bh = (1/2)(10m)(h) = 5h

We also know that the area of the triangle is 60 square meters, so we can set these two expressions equal to each other and solve for h:

5h = 60

h = 12

Now that we know the height of the triangle is 12 meters, we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of each of the other two sides:

s^2 = h^2 + (1/2b)^2

s^2 = 12^2 + (5^2)

s^2 = 169

s = sqrt(169)

s = 13

Therefore, the lengths of the other two sides of the isosceles triangle are both 13 meters.

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