The longest side of an acute isosceles triangle is 8 cm round to the nearest 10th what is the smallest possible length of one of

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inna [77]

4 years ago

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The longest side of an acute isosceles triangle is 8 cm round to the nearest 10th what is the smallest possible length of one of

the two congruent sides

Mathematics

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Whitepunk [10] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-08T17:16:21+03:00

Whitepunk [10]4 years ago

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The sum of the 2 congruent sides cannot be 4 or less because you cannot draw such a triangle

- but as they are rounded to the nearest 10th its actual length might be 3.95 so the smallest possible length of one of the 2 congruent sides would be 4 cm.