SOLUTION: the base of an isosceles traingle has legth 10. what can you say about the leght of the legs?

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Question 392699: the base of an isosceles traingle has legth 10. what can you say about the leght of the legs?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi
Let x represent the length of each of the legs of this isosoles triangle
Base = 10 |Sum of the Lengths of two sides of a triangle
must be greater then length of the 3rd side
2x >10
x > 5

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