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The base of an inosceles triangle is 30" and the altitude to that base is 8" Find the length of one of the two equal sides of the triangle.
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The base of an inosceles triangle is 30" and the altitude to that base is 8" Find the length of one of

the two equal sides of the triangle.

User Andrew Norrie
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Want to use Pythagorean theorem here, a^2 + b^2 = c^2
15^2 + 8^2 = C^2

C= 17
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