Question

WILL GIVE BRAINIEST! Triangle ABC is isosceles with AB = BC. If AC = 20 and {ABC} = 240, then find the perimeter of triangle ABC.

Answer 1

Answer:

72

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the triangle's area is 240, the base * height must equal 480 because for the area of a triangle it is half of that. Since you know that the base AC = 20, find out what you can multiply by 20 to get 480. This gives you a result of 24. Now that the height is found divide the triangle into two right triangles. Now Just use the pythagorean theorem to find the legs of the triangles. AB = BC = 26. 26 + 26 + 20 = 72 which is the perimeter.