The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 32.7 inches. If the length of its base is 9.5 inches, how do you find the length of the other two sides?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-08T13:08:27

each side is 11.6

Since the given triangle is isosceles, its remaining sides are equal.

Then you can get each side by subtracting the base from the perimeter and dividing by 2:

#side=(perimeter-base)/2=(32.7-9.5)/2=11.6#