document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=303175>Question 303175</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An isoseles triangle has a perimeter of 12cm.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "One of its sides is 5cm.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What could the length of each of the other two sides be? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "One of its sides is 5cm.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What could the length of each of the other two sides be?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "isosceles triangles have at least 2 of its 3 sides equal\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "side A + side B + side C = P perimeter = 12 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "call sides A and B the equal sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2A + C = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 possibilities: either A and B are 5 cm which would make C = 2 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              OR C = 5 cm which would make A and B equal to 3.5 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2 * 3.5 = 7, and 7 + 5 = 12)<BR>\n" );
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