14/5 = 2.8 yds
14/5 yds is longer then 1.7 yds
The height of the isosceles triangle is 8.49 inches.
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How to find the height of the triangle?</h3>
Here we have a triangle such that two of the sides measure 9 inches, and the base measures 6 inches.
So this is an isosceles triangle.
We can divide the isosceles triangle into two smaller right triangles, such that the side that measures 9 inches is the hypotenuse, the base is 3 inches, and the height of the isosceles triangle is the other cathetus.
By Pythagorean's theorem, we can write:
(9in)^2 = (3 in)^2 + h^2
Where h is the height that we are trying to find.
Solving that for h we get:
h = √( (9 in)^2 - (3in)^2) = 8.49 inches.
We conclude that the height of the isosceles triangle is 8.49 inches.
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