Posted by sara on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 8:37pm.
Half base = 4x/2=2x
altitude =3x
Half of an isosceles triangle is a right triangle, so use Pythagoras theorem to get
Other side = √((2x)^2+(3x)^2)
=(√13)x
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