document.write( "Question 266845: An isosceles triangle has 2 equal sides and the other side is 5 less than the sum of those 2 sides. The perimeter around the triangle is 23. What is the length of one of the equal sides.
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23= 3x+x-5
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "14 - 5 = 9 - the length of the other side
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