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Question 690568: Isosceles triangle with a mid segment of 3x and the base 4x+20 solve for x. How am i suppose to find the answer to this question?
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Greek word isoskeles, which is made up of two words: "isos," meaning "equal," and "skelos," meaning "leg."


by the Triangle Mid-segment Theorem, in a triangle a mid segment is always equal to half length of the base

so, 3x=%284x%2B20%29%2F2 ...........solve for x

3x%2A2=4x%2B20
6x=4x%2B20
6x-4x=20
2x=20
x=20%2F2
x=10