Question

The legs of an isosceles triangle have lengths of 2x+4 and -x+16. The base has a length of 3x+2. What is the length of the base?
a.14
c.12
b.4
d.cannot be determined

Answer 1

2x+4=-x+16 would it be like this?

Answer 2

yup ! legs are congruent

Answer 3

keep going

Answer 4

but what do you do after that?

Answer 5

ohhhh, solve for x. nvm. thx! x=4

Answer 6

but we're not after x

Answer 7

oh?

Answer 8

question is asking us to find base length

Answer 9

3x+2=4x then solve for x?

Answer 10

i got x=2 so i must be wrong. :/

Answer 11

you've already solved x = 4

Answer 12

yep

Answer 13

since base = 3x+2,
to find its length measure, simply plugin x = 4

base = 3(4) + 2

Answer 14

simpliofy

Answer 15

14

Answer 16

dang that was my first answer that i got!

Answer 17

:/

Answer 18

shud trust ur instincts :)

Answer 19

haha.......Nope. (-: my insticts are usually wrong!

Answer 20

ty!

Answer 21

they get better over time ... :) yw !