Question

the sides of anisosceles triangle are 5,5 and 6 inches. The length (in inches) of the longest altitude in the triangle is

Answer 1

This is your triangle with the longest altitude drawn in. Can you see what the length of the altitude is with the help of the drawing?

Answer 2

Here we use the fact that the median from the vertex of the equal sides is also the perpendicular bisector of the opposite side