The longest side of an acute isosceles triangle is 12 centimeters. Rounded to the nearest tenth, what is the smallest possible length of one of the two congruent sides?
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8.5
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the smallest possible length is 8.5
Step-by-step explanation:
- we are given that, The longest side of an acute isosceles triangle is 12 centimeters
- isosceles triangle has 2 equal sides
- The sides of a right triangle are
12/sqrt (2)= 6 sqrt(2),
- which equals 8.484 cm.
- The two sides would be shorter if the angle was even slightly obtuse, so the sides must be longer,
- we will round up to 8.5 cm.
hence, the smallest possible length of one of the two congruent sides is 8.5
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