Find the length of the median of one of the legs of an isosceles triangle with sides the lengths 18,18,and 6?

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sankarankalyanam
Aug 11, 2018

#color(maroon)("Length of the median " bar(CD) ~~ 17.75 " units"#

Explanation:

https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Triangles/An-altitude-a-median-and-an-angle-bisector-in-the-isosceles-triangle.lesson

#"Given : " bar(AC) = bar (BC) = 18, AB = 6, " To find median " bar(CD)#

#Delta ABC " is an isosceles triangle with " bar(CD) " perpendicular bisector of " bar(AB)#

Applying Pythagoras theorem,

#bar(CD) = sqrt ((AC)^2 - (AD)^2)#

#bar(AD) = bar(AB) / 2 = 6 / 2 = 3#

#bar(CD) = sqrt(18^2 - 3^2) ~~ 17.75#

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