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The extremities 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 equation of the other equal side and the area of the triangle .

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`x+2y=2a`, `3x-4y+4a=0`, `(5)/(2)a^(2)` sq.units
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