The sides of an isosceles triangle are 10 and 16 m. (base). What is the length of the equal sides of a similar triangle if the base is 10m?

Question

a) 8.00 b) 6.25 c) 12 d) 16

Answer 1

10/16 = X/10 = 5/8 (ratio of the side to base is the same)

cross multiply to get 8X =50

X = 50/8 = 25/4 = 6.25

b) is correct