The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 40 cm, and its base is 14 cm. Find the side of the triangle.

univerkov | February 10, 2021 | education

1. An isosceles triangle is a triangle whose two sides are equal in length. The perimeter of a triangle is the sum of the lengths of all its sides.

2. It is known that the base of a triangle is 14 cm, which means that the total length of the other two sides is 40 – 14 = 26 cm.

3. The two remaining sides are equal, which means that the length of each of them is 26/2 = 13 cm.

Answer: the side of the triangle is 13 cm.

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