the length of the bases of an isosceles trapezoid are 20 and 44 and the length of the altitude is 16. what is the measure of the leg?

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anonymous · Answer

is it 20

anonymous · Answer

if so 
u need to draw a proper diagram first

anonymous · Answer

@mathstudent55 
just a typ error 
u have marked 22 instead of 20

anonymous · Answer

@christy12345 refer to the diagram drawn by    mathstudent55
 is very clear
here one of the side conatining th rt angle is 16 
and the other side adjacent to rt angle is (44-20)/2  =12

anonymous · Answer

the leg is the hypotenuse of the rt angled triangle formed by sides of length 16 and 12
using pythogoras theorem it come sout to be 20

mathstudent55 · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

20 is correct

mathstudent55 · Answer

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