SOLUTION: If the perimeter of an isosceles trapezoid is 176 meters and the bases are 68 meters and 54 meterd. how long is a leg?

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Question 1062766: If the perimeter of an isosceles trapezoid is 176 meters and the bases are 68 meters and 54 meterd. how long is a leg?
Answer by math_helper(2461)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The given information is :
base_1 = 68
base_2 = 54
perimeter = 176
The information that it is isosceles tells you leg_1 = leg_2


( because the legs are equal in length)


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Ans: Each leg is meters long
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Check: 27*2 + 54 + 68 = 54 + 54 + 68 = 176 (= given perimeter, so its ok)

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