Calculate the coordinates of two points in an isosceles triangle

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In the triangle below, given the point A, angle θ and length d of the two equal sides, how can the points B and C be calculated?

Isosceles triangle

Edit:After brainstorming for quite some time, I ended up with a complicated system that looks like that

$(x_1-x)^2+(y_1-y)^2=d^2$

$(x_2-x)^2+(y_2-y)^2=d^2$

$(x_1-x_2)^2+(y_1-y_2)^2=BC^2$

where

$BC^2=2d^2(1-cos\theta)$ (from the law of cosines)

Three equations, four unknowns. Unsolvable!

Update : I found the closest thing to a solution here : Finding Cartesian coordinates of remaining vertices of triangle, given a vertex and angle from y-axis but I'm missing the angle θ (angle between the height h of the triangle and the y axis)