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The median to the long side divides the isosceles triangle into two right triangles with hypotenuse 10 and short leg 6. Thus the long leg (median of interest) is found by the Pythagorean theorem to be
... √(10² -6²) = √64 = 8
Then the midpoint of the short side is found to be 6 + (6/2) = 9 units to the side and 8/2 = 4 units above the opposite vertex. Hence the square of the length of that median is 9² + 4² = 97.
The sum of squares of interest is
... 8² + 2×97 = 258
The solution to a given word problem by writing it as an equation is k = 253/232
<h3>Expressing word problems in mathematical forms:</h3>
The process of expressing word problems in mathematical forms takes a logical and chronological approach while taking the variables and arithmetic operations given into consideration.
From the given information, to express the word problem in mathematical form, we have:
Making k the subject of the equation, we have:
k = 253/232
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A+b > c as in the side lengths
we need to know the height the length and the width