Consider the isosceles triangle with two equal sides of length \(13\) cm and base \(10\) cm. The altitude from the apex (opposite the base) bisects the base into two segments of \(5\) cm each. Let \(h\) be the altitude. Using the Pythagorean Theorem in one of the right triangles formed:

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