draw altitude from angle between equal sides to base (hits at pi/2 because sides equal)
angle there is half angle = 5 pi/12 which is 75 deg
call altitude h , base of whole triangle is b so our right triangle has base b/2
then
h tan 75 = b/2
A = 24 = hb/2 = 24 = h^2 tan 75
h^2 = 24/tan 75
h = 2.5359
then
L = h/cos 75
L = 9.798
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