a piece of plastic strip 1 meter long is bent to form an isosceles triangle with 95 degree as measure of its largest angle. find the length of the sides

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Answer 1

b represents the length of the base

s represents the length of the equal side

 

b / sin 95 = s / sin 42.5                   Law of Sines

b = (s sin 95) / sin 42.5

b = 1.4745 s

 

2s + 1.4547s = 100 cm

 

You can calculate the length of the sides and the base.