In an isosceles triangle, the base is 16cm and the height drawn to this base is 6cm, find the god’s sides.
| November 22, 2020 | education
Since the triangle is isosceles, the height drawn to the base is also the median and the height, which means it divides the triangle into two identical right-angled triangles with legs 6cm long and 16: 2 = 8cm
By the Pythagorean theorem c2 = 6 × 6 + 8 × 8 c2 = 36 + 64 = 100 -> c = 10
Answer: 10cm
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