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The exptrmities of the base of an isosceles triangle have coordinates (2a,0) and (0,a) , if the equation of one of the equal sides be x=2a , find the equations of the other two sides and the area of the triangle.

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`x+2y=2a,4y-3x=4and(5a^(2))/(2)` square unit
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