SOLUTION: A triangle has a base of lenght 17, and the other two sides are equal in lenght. If the lenghts of the sides of the triangle are integers, what is the shortest possible lenght of a
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Question 989050: A triangle has a base of lenght 17, and the other two sides are equal in lenght. If the lenghts of the sides of the triangle are integers, what is the shortest possible lenght of a side?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Base is 17.
The sum of the lengths of any two sides has to be greater than the third.
2x=18
x=9, because the two sides are equal. If x were 8, the sum would not be greater than 17.
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