SOLUTION: One of the equal sides of an isosceles triangle is 3 m less than twice it's base. The perimeter is 44 m. Find the length
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Question 919666: One of the equal sides of an isosceles triangle is 3 m less than twice it's base. The perimeter is 44 m. Find the length
Answer by abhi26121991(3) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let ABC be a triangle and BC be base so let base = x
so equal side is twice less than 3 so equal side is 2x - 3
so perimeter = 2x -3 2x -3 x =44
on solving x = 10 so base 10 and other side 17cm here x is base
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