Find the area of an isosceles triangle with two equal sides as 5 cm each and the third side as - Maths - Coordinate Geometry

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Find the area of an isosceles triangle with two equal sides as 5 cm
each and the third side as 8 cm

Shruti Tyagi · Accepted Answer

Dear student,
Sides of triangle are 5cm, 5cm, and 8 cmLet a, b and c are the sides of isoscelec triangle
then semi perimeter, s=a+b+c2=5+5+82=182=9Area=ss-as-bs-c=9(9-5)(9-5)(9-8)=9×4×4×1=3×3×2×2×2×2=3×2×2=12 cm2Thus, the area of issosceles triangle is 12 cm2
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Find the area of an isosceles triangle with two equal sides as 5 cm each and the third side as 8 cm.