SOLUTION: two sides of an isosceles triangle are 8 and 16. what is the third side?

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Question 559749: two sides of an isosceles triangle are 8 and 16. what is the third side?
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two sides of an isosceles triangle are 8 and 16. what is the third side?
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16
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Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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16

It cannot be 8, since that violates the triangle inequality.