The lenghts of the legs of an isosceles triangle are integers. The base is half as long as each leg. What are the possible lengths of the legs if the perimeter is between 6units and 16units
; I only need some help with the phrase where it says
" base is half as long as each leg"
I have no idea what it means.. and... -_-( I can't even guesss;;)
If i knew what it means i would solve the problem...
Please!! Help this miserable foreigner -_-;;;
It kills every thing when English is ur second or third langauge!;;
2006-09-19 13:25:32 · 3 answers · asked by mihye_32 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The base is 1/2 as long as each leg. Each leg equals the other leg. Therefore the perimiter = 2legs + base = 2.5legs
Since the legs must be integers, start with 6=2.5legs
legs=6/2.5=2.4, which doesn't work.
so p/2.5 must be and integer
the smallest is legs = 3, p=7.5
The other possible choices are
legs=4 p=10
legs=5 p=12.5
legs=6 p=15
2006-09-19 13:27:57 · answer #1 · answered by odu83 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This means that the length of the base side is half of the length of the other two sides
Here base side means the third(unequal side) and the other two sides are supposed to be equal(isosceles triangle)
2006-09-19 20:28:39 · answer #2 · answered by Kartik 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the base= x/2 x=side of a triangle. so if the side was 4 it would be a 4, 4, 2 triangle
2006-09-19 20:28:36 · answer #3 · answered by ice_purple969 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋