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A)5 B)6 C)17 D)21
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A)5 B)6 C)17 D)21
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Question 253926: an isosceles triangle has a base of 10 units. If the congruent sides have whole number measures what is the least possible length of the sides?
A)5 B)6 C)17 D)21 Answer by MRperkins(300) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If the base is 10 and the two congruent sides were each 5. Then you would have a segment addition postulate (meaning that they are all on the same line). You would not have a triangle, you would have a line segment. Therefore, the sum of the 2 sides is greater than 10. So what is the smallest number that will satisfy this?
s+s>b
b=10
s+s>10
2s>10
s>5
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