SOLUTION: A flag is the shape of an isosceles triangle, with two equal sides and a base. Sara has enough fabric to make a flag with a perimeter of 46.8 cm. She knows the flag needs a base th
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Question 1076786: A flag is the shape of an isosceles triangle, with two equal sides and a base. Sara has enough fabric to make a flag with a perimeter of 46.8 cm. She knows the flag needs a base that is half the distance of one of the sides.
What is the base of the largest triangular flag Sara can make?
Found 2 solutions by addingup, MathTherapy:
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
s+s+1/2s = 46.8
2.5s = 46.8
s = 18.72
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Check:
18.72+18.72+(18.72/2) = 46.8 Correct
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A flag is the shape of an isosceles triangle, with two equal sides and a base. Sara has enough fabric to make a flag with a perimeter of 46.8 cm. She knows the flag needs a base that is half the distance of one of the sides.
What is the base of the largest triangular flag Sara can make?
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