In triangle ABC, the length of the altitude through A is equal to , and . Find the lengths of the other two sides of triangle ABC.
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Solution
If we let , and and use that , the Cosine Rule gives . Moreover, the area of triangle is equal to and this is equal to , hence . We obtain and so
Therefore, and . This leads to or and we see that the lengths of the other two sides of triangle are 3 and 5.
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