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If an isosceles triangle has a leg of 6 and a base of 8 what is the altitude?
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Find this using the Pythagorean theorem (a=(1/2 * 8) b=the altitude c = 6).
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When can the leg of an isosceles triangle be used as the height of the triangle?
Yes if the isosceles triangle is a right isosceles triangle because that leg opposite the hypotenuse is the height
The base of an isosceles triangle is 18 cm long the equal side are each 24 cm long What is the altitude?
Since an isosceles triangle can be represented by two right triangles back to back, you can utilize the pythagorean theorum to solve this example. Specifically: 18cm/2 = 9cm = 1 leg of right triangle (A) 24cm = hypotenuse of right triangle (C) A squared + B squared = C squared Altitude = B = square root of (C squared - A squared) = approximately 19.875
Draw a triangle where the altitude is a side of the triangle?
Any right triangle resting on a leg.
What is the range of lengths of each leg of an isosceles triangle if the measure of the base is 6 inches?
Any length greater than 3 inches.
What is the leg of isosceles triangle if the base is 10 and area is 10?
An isosceles triangle is in effect two right angled triangles joined together and in this case they have bases of 5 units and heights of 2 units so use Pythagoras' theorem to find the hypotenuse which will be the length of one of the equal legs of the isosceles triangle:- 52+22 = 29 and the square of this is about 5.385164807 or 5.385 to 3 dp
How do you find the measurement of the base of a isosceles triangle?
If you are given the length of 1 leg, L, and the altitude, A, the length of the base is the 2x square root of (L2 -A2 )
The side of an isosceles triangle that is not a leg is called?
The base.
If the base of an isosceles triangle is 11 and the perimeter is 39 what is the length of a leg?
If the base of an isosceles triangle is 11 and its perimeter is 39, then it has a height of 12.87.
How do you solve An isosceles triangle has a base of 22 inches and its base angles each measure 26 degrees find the length of the altitude to the base?
The altitude to the base of an isosceles triangle bisects it forming two right angled triangles (which are congruent). In either of those right angled triangles, the altitude forms one leg and half the base of the original triangle forms the other. So, tan(26) = Alt/11 or Alt = 11*tan(26) inches = 5.365 inches.
When can the leg of an isosceles triangle be used as the height of the triangle?
Yes if the isosceles triangle is a right isosceles triangle because that leg opposite the hypotenuse is the height
What median of an isosceles triangle is the same segment in the triangle as the leg bisector hypotenuse altitude?
It is the median which divides the side which is not one of the equal sides.
The legs of a right triangle are altidudes?
If one leg of a right angled triangle is regarded as the altitude then the other leg is the base.
Isosceles triangle has a base of 12 and a leg length of 8. What is the height?
square root of 28
What is the definition of leg of an isosceles triangle?
It is one of the two equivalent sides on the isosceles triangle.
What is the base of an isosceles triangle with leg 9 cm and height 6 cm?
Square root of 45.
Who is the inventor of isosceles triangle?
The isosceles triangle wasn't invented. The word isosceles is from Late Latin and from Greek isoskelēs, from iso- + skelos leg.
Why is isosceles triangle?
The word "isosceles" comes from Greek roots and means "equal leg." An isosceles triangle has two sides of equal length.
