What is the measure of a base angle of an isosceles triangle if the vertex angle measures 38° and the two congruent sides each m

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lyudmila [28]

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What is the measure of a base angle of an isosceles triangle if the vertex angle measures 38° and the two congruent sides each m

easure 21 units?

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morpeh [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-02T18:05:28+03:00

I believe the answer is 11.24 units.

If you are given an isosceles triangle with a vertex angle of 38 degrees, that would tell you that the other angles in the triangle are both 71 degrees.

In this case, I would use ratios of an angle to it's opposite side. Therefore, we would have: (38°)/X = (71°)/(21 units)

Now you can solve for X, algebraically, and the answer I got was 11.24 units.