Answer:
The length of each side is 26.3 cm
Step-by-step explanation:
Opposite sides of an isoceles triangle are equal
The isoceles triangle is divided into 2 right-angled triangles so the length of one side can be calculated using trigonometric ratio
When the isoceles triangle is divided, the angle in the right-angled triangle is 20° (1/2 of 40°) and the base is 9cm (1/2 of 18 cm), the hypotenuse side is calculated using trigonometric ratio
Let the length of the hypotenuse side be y
9/y = sin 20°
y = 9/0.3420 = 26.3
Length of each side is 26.3 cm
The answer is A because if you do the 40 dagree and a coodinate plane it forms a triangle.
let y = x^2
4y^2 -21y + 20 = 0
solve for y
then substitute back in to get x
Let x be the <span>length of each of two congruent sides.
</span>The triangle will be аcute if:
x² + x² > 8²
2x² > 64
x² > 32
x > √32
x > 5.657
So, the smallest possible length of one of two congruent sides have to be 5.7 cm (<span>to the nearest tenth)</span>
