SOLUTION: If the length of two sides of an isosceles triangle are 4 and 8, what is the length of the third side?
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Question 257318: If the length of two sides of an isosceles triangle are 4 and 8, what is the length of the third side?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
either 4 or 8.
but it can't be 4 since 4+4=8 and the third side must be less than the sum of the other two or they would have angles of 0, 0 and 180.
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