SOLUTION: A tent's entrance is in the shape of an isosceles triangle in which segment RT is congruent to segment RS. The length of segment TS is 1.2 times the length of a side. The perimeter

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Let x represent the length of each equal side. Then the 3rd side is 1.2x

Perimeter of triangle formed is 14ft

x + x + 1.2 x = 14ft

solve for x

3.2x = 14ft

x = 4.375ft is the length of each of equal sides