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The isosceles triangle has two sides of equal length, a, that sre longer than the length of the base ,b. the equation 2a+b=15.7 can be used to find the sides length. if one of the longer sides is 6.3 centimeters what is the length of the base

In the following diagram it is given that dec,ab || dc, ad || eb, and ad is congruent to bc. a)why isn't abc a parallelogram even though it has a pair of parallel sides and a pair of congruent sides b)explain why be must be congruent to bc. further explain what type of triangle this makes triangle abc and what it tells you about angle 1 and angle 2c) finally why must angle 3 be congruent to angle 1? further, explain why we know that angle 3 is congruent to angle 2

The pyramid below was dissected by a horizontal plane which shape describes the pyramid horizontal cross section