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The base of an isoscles triangle is 9 meters shorter than the other two sides. If the
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: Ok, here is another word problem I am having trouble with. I do not like word problems:(
The base of an isoscles triangle is 9 meters shorter than the other two sides. If the perimeter is 69 meters, find the length of each side?
This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
You can put this solution on YOUR website! so lets call each side(which are equal by the way because its an isoscles triangle) a. Therefore the base is a-9 Perimeter equals the sum of all the sides of the triangle so 69=a+a+(a-9) 3a=78 so a=26 so the length of each of the sides is 26 meters while the base is 17 meters.
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