SOLUTION: An isosceles triangle has one side the length of 6 inches and the other side of 3 inches .
What is the length of the third side?
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Question 857566: An isosceles triangle has one side the length of 6 inches and the other side of 3 inches .
What is the length of the third side?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sum of two sides must be greater than the third side.
The third side must be 3 or 6
The third side can't be 3 since 3+3=6 and 6 is not greater than six
So the third side must be 6.
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