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Two sides of an isosceles triangle are 2 and 11 in length, r
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23 Sep 2018, 07:00
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Two sides of an isosceles triangle are 2 and 11 in length, respectively.
A) Quantity A is greater.
B) Quantity B is greater.
C) The two quantities are equal.
D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
Quantity A |
Quantity B |
The length of the third side |
11 |
A) Quantity A is greater.
B) Quantity B is greater.
C) The two quantities are equal.
D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
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24 Sep 2018, 05:34
24 Sep 2018, 05:34
but answer could be D because we have a three values for thrid side that are 10,11,12 if b is the answer pls. explain why??
Re: Two sides of an isosceles triangle are 2 and 11 in length, r
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24 Sep 2018, 07:57
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shivankkhanna wrote:
but answer could be D because we have a three values for thrid side that are 10,11,12 if b is the answer pls. explain why??
Two sides are 2 and 11 so by property of isosceles triangle the third side could be 2 or 11.
If the third side is 2 then the triangle is 2,2,11. This in NOT a triangle as sum of two sides have to be greater than 3rd side. Since \(2+2=4<11\).
Hence the third side has to be 11. Hence option C.
