Question

Two sides of an isosceles triangle have lengths of 6 inches and 15 inches. Find the length of the third side and explain how you know. please and ty

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Answer:

The answer is 15. Because an isosceles is a triangle wirh two equal sides, the side will have to be either 6 or 15. But for the triangle to fot the definition, the sum of two sides must be greater than the third. It couldn't be six because 6+6<15, but 15 works because 6+15>15.