Problem 2020. Area of an Isoceles Triangle

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Ziad Abuissa on 4 Dec 2017

Great Problem

Kristóf Nagy on 6 Feb 2019

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john perkins on 4 May 2021

nice

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arsenic 陈 on 8 May 2021

why are you so diao?

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Umur Ulas Harman on 9 Jul 2020

function A = isocelesArea(x,y)
u=(2*x+y)/2;
A = sqrt(u*(u-x)^2*(u-y));
end

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Xusheng Huang on 13 Apr 2017

It takes me three times......

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Dallin Romney on 22 Oct 2016

Use Pythagoreans theorem

Monica S on 22 Apr 2021

I don't understand assert part in the test code... tolerance value will always be less than the area if I am right... so how..? I am lost... anyone can clarify this for me..
Thank you!

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