SOLUTION: if the sides of an isosceles triangle have lengths 2x+4,x+8. The base has a length 5x-2. What is the length of the base?? show work please
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Question 388852: if the sides of an isosceles triangle have lengths 2x+4,x+8. The base has a length 5x-2. What is the length of the base?? show work please
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I know that the sides of an isosceles triangle are equal.
so,
Subtract from both sides
And, since the base is ,
base =
base =
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