#4 The lengths of the parallel sides of an isosceles trapezoid are 8 and 16 inches respectively. If the diagonal bisects the base angle, what is the altitude and area of the trapezoid? hint: locate riqht triangles. use half - angle identities to solve for the hyputenusc.

#4 The lengths of the parallel sides of an isosceles trapezoid are 8 and 16 inches respectively. If the diagonal bisects the base angle, what is the altitude and area of the trapezoid? hint: locate riqht triangles. use half - angle identities to solve for the hyputenusc.

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The lengths of the parallel sides of an isosceles trapezoid are 8 and 16 inches respectively.
If the diagonal bisects the base angle, what is the altitude and area of the trapezoid?
hint: locate right triangles . usc half • angle identithes to solve for the hyputenuse.

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