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The lengths of the sides of an isosceles triangle are represented by
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\n" ); document.write( "What are the lengths of the sides of the triangle?
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\n" ); document.write( "An isosceles triangle has two equal sides
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\n" ); document.write( "But 2x + 5 cannot equal 2x -6
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\n" ); document.write( "3x-3 = 2x - 6
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\n" ); document.write( "3x-3 = 2x + 5; this one will have a positive solution
\n" ); document.write( "3x - 2x = 5 + 3
\n" ); document.write( "x = 8
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\n" ); document.write( "side one: 2(8) + 5 = 21
\n" ); document.write( "side two: 2(8) - 6 = 10
\n" ); document.write( "side three: 3(8) - 3 = 21
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