Answer:
16
notice how a right triangle was formed, and the Pythagorean theorem could be used to solve this :
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
a^2 + 15^2 = 17^2
a^2 + 225 = 289
a^2 = 64
a= 8
multiply it by 2 to get the side of the base
8 * 2 = 16
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