SOLUTION: An isosceles trapezoid has a perimeter of 85 inches. Its shorter base measures 10 inches and its longer base measures 11 inches. The two remaining sides have the same length; what
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Question 970519: An isosceles trapezoid has a perimeter of 85 inches. Its shorter base measures 10 inches and its longer base measures 11 inches. The two remaining sides have the same length; what is that length?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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=Shorter Base=10 inches; =Longer Base=11 inches; P=perimeter=85 inches; =Side 1; =Side 2=Side 1
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Substitute
Subtract 21 inches from each side
Divide each side by 2.
Side 1 is 32 inches.
ANSWER: Since the sides are equal, both sides are 32 inches
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