SOLUTION: The sides of a triangle are 6 cm 12 cm and 15 cm long. Determine the lengths to the nearest tenth of the segment formed when each angle bisector divides the opposite side.

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Question 1058921: The sides of a triangle are 6 cm 12 cm and 15 cm long. Determine the lengths to the nearest tenth of the segment formed when each angle bisector divides the opposite side.
Answer by ikleyn(52920) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hint:

Theorem

In a triangle, an angle bisector divides the opposite side in two segments
proportional to the ratio of the length of the two other sides of the triangle.


See the lesson
    - On what segments the angle bisector divides the side of a triangle
in this site.

Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook on Geometry
    GEOMETRY - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK
in this site.

The referred lesson is the part of this online textbook under the topic "Properties of triangles".